THE EARTH
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The Western coast of America
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The Eastern coast of Asia
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Islands of Southeast Pacific
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Pacific Ring of Fire is an earthquake belt that experiences 81% of the largest earthquakes in the world. 17% of the earthquakes of the world take place in the Alpide belt. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is also highly vulnerable to earthquakes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Earthquakes are always happening somewhere. Large earthquakes occur about once a year. Smaller earthquakes, such as magnitude 2 earthquakes, occur several hundred times a day. To create a mountain system might take several million medium size earthquakes over tens of millions of years.
Detailed explanation-3: -On average, Magnitude 2 and smaller earthquakes occur several hundred times a day world wide. Major earthquakes, greater than magnitude 7, happen more than once per month. “Great earthquakes", magnitude 8 and higher, occur about once a year.