SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Atacama Fault, Chile Coast, South of Antofagasta. The Pacific oceanic plate is being subducted at about nine centimeters (3.5 inches) per year beneath the South American continent along much of the west coast of South America.

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".