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Q: What is the region called that is subject to frequent earthquakes and volcanoes?
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Where are earthquakes or volcanoes likely to occur?

The answer is that earthquakes and volcanoes are most frequent along Tectonic plate boundaries, these are the natural pieces that the continents and oceans are on.


Who made the book that is called volcanoes and earthquakes in action?

"The author of Volcanoes and Earthquakes in action was Marianne Borgardt."


What is the study of earthquakes and volcanoes called?

The study of earthquakes: seismologyVolcanoes: volcanologyBoth: geology


Which ocean has a ring of volcanoes on the land surrounding it?

The Pacific Ocean has a ring of volcanoes known as the Ring of Fire. This area is located in the Pacific Ocean basin and is characterized by frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity due to plate tectonics.


What are the belts called that most earthquakes and volcanoes occur on?

CircumPacific Belt


What is scientist called that studies volcanoes?

A vulcanologist. Seismologists study earthquakes.


What are volcanoes and earthquakes likely to occur?

If you mean "where" earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely to occur it is in what's called the "ring of fire" which is the coastal ring around the Pacific Ocean.


What is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in Pacific Ocean is called?

ring of fire... THIS ANSWER IS WRONGGG! I TRIED IT AND IT WAS WRONG!


What type of scientists study volcanoes and earthquakes?

They are called volcanologists. It is a subset of geology.


What term describes giant waves in the ocean caused by earthquakes or volcanoes?

it is called a Tsunami


What relationship exists between the location of earthquakes and the location of volcanoes?

Both Volcanoes and earthquakes are located where plates of the earth's crust are coming together. This motion and interaction at the edges of the plates is called plate tectonics.


What is the area called that major volcanic activity and earthquakes occur?

It is called the Ring of Fire. Or, if you weren't being specific, a place where earthquakes occur is called a fault line, where the continental plates meet. When they shift, it causes earthquakes and can form volcanoes.