GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ring of Fire, also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s greatest earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is found along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of our planet’s largest earthquakes occur. It has earned the nickname “Ring of Fire".

Detailed explanation-3: -Earthquakes happen often around the Ring of Fire because this is the most active tectonic plate moving on the Earth today. All tectonic plates move, and all produce effects when they hit one another, but the Ring of Fire is one of the largest plates and has many other plates affecting it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Also known as the Circum-Pacific Belt, the Ring of Fire traces the meeting points of many tectonic plates, including the Eurasian, North American, Juan de Fuca, Cocos, Caribbean, Nazca, Antarctic, Indian, Australian, Philippine, and other smaller plates, which all encircle the large Pacific Plate.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are 15 countries in the ring of fire; Indonesia, New Zealand, Papa New Guinea, Philippines, Japan, United States, Chile, Canada, Guatemala, Russia, Peru, Solomon Islands, Mexico and Antarctica.