Wednesday, March 14, 2012

FYI: PACIFIC RING OF FIRE

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The Ring of Fire 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. About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire.

Countries that are affected:
-Andes
-Central America
-North America Cordillera
-Russia
-Japan
-Philippians
-Indonesia
-New Zealand
-Antartica


-www.wikipeadia.com

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