![]() People in Japan are pretty accustomed to such natural occurrence that they even have some kind of earthquakes evacuation drills and simulations that the citizens take regularly. In example, in Japan, earthquakes happen much more frequently than in Sweden. That’s why, in those places we can find many active volcanoes and earthquakes occurs more frequently. ![]() Japan, Hawaii, and Papua are among the places passed through by the intersections. Like mentioned before, many people are living in the Ring of Fire because, even on the fault lines. Such kind of collision usually happens along the lines where two plates meet and this area is called the fault lines. The movement of tectonic plate that usually includes collision results in deep ocean trenches, eruption of volcanoes, and earthquakes. While in the north-east area, the intersection is located just along the north American shorelines that affects Hawaii, some parts of Canada, and the west coast area of United States. In example, in the west area the plate is passing through Japan, New Zealand, and Indonesia. While such intersection usually take place in the middle of the ocean, especially for the Ring of Fire in Pacific plate the intersection pass through many lands. Don’t you know that the tectonic movement also resulted in the breaking of Eurasia supercontinent?Ĭentered on the Pacific plate, also known as the Circum-Pacific plate, it is directly intersected with other plates, such as North American plate, Nazca plate, and Australian plate. Such kind of movements of tectonic plates happens constantly, meaning that it has occurred since the birth of the earth and will always happen until the end of the world. The reason why the horseshoe area has so much active volcanoes and experience more frequent earthquakes is the tectonic plate movement and collision under the ground. Tectonic Plateįirst, we will talk about what makes the Ring of Fire. How can? In this article we will talk about this. But actually, for the people living in the area, it might be a grace. It might sound scary living in the Ring of Fire, frequent earthquakes and thousands of active volcanoes feel threatening to most of us. ![]() Not real fire though, but rather active volcanoes. If the difference between the name and its real shape doesn’t really bother you, then why is it called ‘of fire’? The answer is pretty simple, because the area is surrounded by ‘fire’. The shape doesn’t really resemble a round ring, actually, but it more likely appears like a horse. Let us introduce you to the Ring of Fire, a major area in the basin of Pacific Ocean where 81% of the world’s earthquakes happen. Earthquakes might be the worst fear for many people, but don’t you know that actually not all regions in the world experience it as many times as other parts of the world? Yes, there are some places in this world whom ground is shaken more frequently than the others.
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