Ring of Fire
Circum-Pacific seismic belt
The Ring of Fire is the horseshoe-shaped zone of intense volcanic and seismic activity encircling the Pacific Ocean, stretching from New Zealand through Indonesia, Japan, Alaska, and down the western Americas.
About 75 percent of the world's active volcanoes lie along this belt, and roughly 90 percent of earthquakes occur here.
The name comes from the concentration of volcanic eruptions that appear to trace a fiery ring around the Pacific basin. (Lowercase ring of fire describes any circular flame pattern or the drinking game.)
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