3. Disasters can happen anywhere and at any
time. But some places experience more than
their fair share of floods, tornadoes,
hurricanes, winter storms and severe
weather
4. The Ring of Fire is an area where a large number
of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in
the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km
(25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with
a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches,
volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate
movements. It has 452 volcanoes and is home to
over 75% of the world's active and dormant
volcanoes.It is sometimes called the circum-
Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.
5. The Ring of Fire is a string of volcanoes and
sites of seismic activity, or earthquakes, around
the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
The Ring of Fire is not quite a circular ring. Its
shaped more like a 40,000-kilometer (25,000-
mile) horseshoe. A string of 452 volcanoes
stretches from the southern tip of South
America, up along the coast of North America,
across the Bering Strait, down through Japan,
and into New Zealand.
6.
7. About 90%[2] of the world's earthquakes and
81%[3] of the world's largest earthquakes
occur along the Ring of Fire. The next most
seismically active region (5–6% of
earthquakes and 17% of the world's largest
earthquakes) is the Alpide belt, which extends
from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas,
the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic.
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is the third most
prominent earthquake belt
