Ring of Fire

The Ring of Fire is an area of common earthquakes and volcanic activites. 90% of the world's earth quakes occur there. 81% of the world's biggest earthquakes also occur there. A part of the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate is being subducted beneath the North American Plate. The Ring of Fire has about 452 volcaneos and it includes about 75% of the worlds active and dormant volcanoes. The Ring of Fire is the consequnce of plate tectonics and the movement and the movement of crustal plates.