Where is the Ring of Fire found around the Pacific Ocean?
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The Ring of Fire circles much of the Pacific Ocean basin. It is a belt of frequent earthquakes and volcanoes along plate boundaries.
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The Pacific Ring of Fire is a broad horseshoe-shaped zone around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, spanning coasts and island arcs in the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. It is not a single fault or trench, but a chain of subduction zones, volcanic arcs, and transform boundaries. About 75% of the world’s active volcanoes are found there, and most major earthquakes occur in and around the same region. The pattern reflects the movement and recycling of oceanic plates at the edges of the Pacific basin.
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