pasific ring of fire

Pacific Ring of Fire or the Pacific Ring of Fire (English : Ring of Fire ) is an area of ​​frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions around the Pacific Ocean basin . This area is shaped like a horseshoe and covers a territory of 40,000 km . This area is also often referred to as the Pacific seismic belt .

Approximately 90 % of earthquakes and 81 % of the largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire . The next earthquake zone ( 5-6 % of earthquakes and 17 % of the largest earthquakes ) is Alpide belt which extends from Java to Sumatra , the Himalayas , the Mediterranean up to Atlantika . Next is the Mid - Atlantic Ridge 

 coverage area
Some of the land and sea that make up the Pacific Ring of Fire ( from the southwest direction , counter-clockwise ) :  

     Mount Fuji
    Japan Trench
    Kurile Trench
    Kamchatka
    Aleutian Islands                     
    Aleutian Trench
    American cordillera
    Alaska
    Pacific Coast Range
    British Columbia
    Cascade Ranges
    Mount St . Helens
    California
    Mexico
    New Zealand
    Kermadec Trench                       
    Tonga Trench
    Trench Bougainville
    Indonesia
    Mount Merapi
    Philippines
    Philippine Trench
    Yap Trench
    Mariana Trench
    Izu Bonin Trench
    Ryukyu Trench
    Japan