Tectonic Foundation For Website

The document discusses tectonic activity including earthquakes and volcanoes. It provides information about a 2004 earthquake in the Indian Ocean measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale that was centered off the coast of Sumatra. It then discusses the volcano Mount Vesuvius near Italy and advantages and disadvantages of living near volcanoes. Finally, it discusses the distribution of volcanoes globally and features of the volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mount St. Helens.