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Ring of Fire

By Earthquake Hazards Program 1996 (approx.)
Map showing the ring of fire in red from the east side of Australia, up the east side of Asia, down the west coast of North America, and down the west coast of South America.
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Detailed Description

The "Ring of Fire", also called the Circum-Pacific belt, is the zone of earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean- about 90% of the world's earthquakes occur there. The next most seismic region (5-6% of earthquakes) is the Alpide belt (extends from Mediterranean region, eastward through Turkey, Iran, and northern India.

Sources/Usage

From "This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics"