Ellipse shaped illustration of Earth with Ring of Fire marked.
Rights: Rupert Sutherland,Victoria University of Wellington and Gerald Dickens, Rice University Published 21 February 2020 Size: 73 KB Referencing Hub media

The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe shaped area that circles the Pacific Ocean where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. It generates 75% of the world’s volcanoes and 80% of the world’s earthquakes.

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