Ring of Fire
![Map showing the ring of fire in red from the east side of Australia, up the east side of Asia, down the west coast of North America, and down the west coast of South America.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/media/images/ringoffire.gif?itok=XFFnijE6)
Detailed Description
The "Ring of Fire", also called the Circum-Pacific belt, is the zone of earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean- about 90% of the world's earthquakes occur there. The next most seismic region (5-6% of earthquakes) is the Alpide belt (extends from Mediterranean region, eastward through Turkey, Iran, and northern India.
Sources/Usage
From "This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics"