Fiji

    Throughout the semester, we have learned about different types of hazards. However, for our last blog for this class I will be discussing two of Fiji’s most destructive and frequent hazards. Fiji has been greatly impacted by various types of hazards, but there are two main hazards that impact Fiji tremendously: earthquakes and cyclones. Earthquakes occur due to “sudden movement of a block of Earth’s crust along a geologic fault”(Keller, DeVecchio). Earthquakes occur along a fault, which is a spot of weakness in Earth’s crust. Earthquakes tend to be frequent occurrence on this island. The most recent earthquake that happened in Fiji occurred on May 13, which had a magnitude of 4.7. The reason behind Fiji being prone to so many earthquakes is due to its proximity to the Fijian plate, therefore, making Fiji’s semicity is very high. This is one of the two primary hazards to address because earthquakes are frequent in this country. In some instances, there are earthquakes