THE RING OF FIRE IN THE PACIFIC
What is the ring of fire?
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The Ring of Fire is a seismically active belt of volcanoes and tectonic plate boundaries that roughly surrounds the Pacific Ocean. Volcanoes frequently erupt in the belt so it is known as the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire has a length of 24,900 miles. About three-fourths of the world's volcanoes or eruptions occur and are in the Ring of Fire. There have been six major volcanic events that have occured within the Ring of Fire since the year 1800. The Ring of Fire has been the setting or home of several of the largest earthqaukes in recorded history and some of those earthquakes have caused tsunamis like the one in the Indian Ocean in 2004. Increasing damage from earthquakes and volcanoes care expected because of increasing population. Many of those people live in developing countries where the damage can play an adverse role, which means that it opposes one's desire, in the economic development.
The red dots are where the volcanic areas are located and the silver lines are the tectonic plates are located.