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  Even though El Salvador is one of the smallest countries in the region it is home to the crazy number of 20 volcanoes. Because they are all packed in only 21,040 square kilometers , you will be able to see one from every point of the country. El Salvador volcanoes include The tallest one is Santa Ana at 2.381 meters above sea level.  Out of the 20 volcanoes that are located in El Salvador, only five of them are still active. the rest are extinct a long time ago. Keep in mind that even if they are active, they aren't constantly spitting out lava. Most expel only gasses. The most recent eruption from a Salvadoran volcano happened in 2013. It was San Miguel Volcano. The active volcanoes are Izalco, Santa Ana,San Salvador ,San Miguel,conchaguita. References: https://www.tripsavvy.com/el-salvador-volcanoes-1490460 http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/central_america/el_salvador/

 El Salvador lies along the terrestrial belt that links North and South America. It shares a northern border with the Republic of Honduras, to the south with the Pacific Ocean, to the east with the Republic of Honduras, and to the West with the Republic of Guatemala.  The History of Earthquakes in El Salvador:  Due to its geographic location and vulnerability factors El Salvador is susceptible to seismic activity. This activity frequently causes adverse events such as earthquakes, landslides, and damage. Families located in vulnerable and high-risk areas such as those in areas with high poverty levels and low resilience, are in the most danger. El Salvador experiences frequent low grade earthquakes, tremors known locally as temblores. El Salvador has also experienced multiple larger catastrophic quakes with a magnitude over 6.0 on the ritcher scale. References:  https://sv.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/202/Earthquake.pdf https://static.temblor.net/wp-content...

El Salvador is one of the most seismically active earthquake vulnerable areas in the whole Western Hemisphere. El Salvador lies between two area of Tectonic plate movement . In southern El Salvador near the Pacific Ocean there is the cocos plate which pushes itself under the motionless Caribbean Plate a process called subduction which accounts for a good amount of earthquakes along the coast . In the northern side of El Salvador the North American tectonic plate meets one edge of the same stationary Caribbean plate which creates a major fault in the northernmost part of El Salvador and generates many earthquakes like the 2001 6.6m. References:  https://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/geography/Congo-Democratic-Republic-of-the-to-India/El-Salvador.html https://images.app.goo.gl/oWUrXRHzCNUy4dYu5