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There is a region called the Pacific Ring of Fire, which bounds the entire Pacific Ocean with active convergent tectonic plates that has most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes.
It has 452 volcanoes and it is home to 75% of the world's dormant and active volcanoes.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoMost volcanoes are found near the edges of tectonic plates.
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∙ 9y agoVolcanoes generally occur in places where tectonic plates of the Earth's crust meet. Examples of such an area include the Mid Atlantic Ridge and the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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∙ 11y agoVolcanic Eruptions occur at mid-ocean ridges & subduction zones which are two types of plate boundaries.
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∙ 12y agoearthquakes occur above faults, or where the tectonic plates meet. Volcanoes are usually in tropical areas.
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Earthquakes occur most often along the?
Earthquakes occur most often along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
Where do most earthquakes and volcanos occure?
they are formed along the crustal movements of the earth.
Where are the majority of earthquakes and volcanoes in relation to the plate boundaries?
Most earthquakes occur on plate boundaries such as Japan and Chile and most volcanoes occur in diverging plate boundaries like Dallol and Iceland and the Pacific Ring of Fire like Ecuador and Indonesia
Where do most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
HaitiJapan has quite a lot as it is on the boundary of several tectonic plates.
Why do most volcanoes occur around the Pacific Ocean?
Most volcanoes and earthquakes occur around the Pacific Ocean basin in a roughly horseshoe shaped ring called the Rim or Ring of Fire. This is where the seismic activity is most intense due to the movement of the tectonic plates.
Where the most of the worlds earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
HaitiJapan has quite a lot as it is on the boundary of several tectonic plates.
What plate occurs most of the worlds volcanoes and earthquakes?
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Where do the worlds earthquakes occur around?
Most earthquakes occur where the edges of Earth's plates are.
Do most earthquakes and volcanoes occur within plates or along the boundaries of plates?
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur mostly near the convergent plate boundary.
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.
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.
Where do most of the worlds earthquakes occur around?
the Ring of Fire.
What are the belts called that most earthquakes and volcanoes occur on?
CircumPacific Belt
What are The worlds most dangerous earthquakes where does it occur why does it occur when does it occur and at what places and times?
the worlds most dangorus earthquake was in south America it hit a 9.2 on the rickter scale
Earthquakes occur most often along the?
Earthquakes occur most often along the boundaries of tectonic plates.
Where do most earthquakes and volcanos occure?
they are formed along the crustal movements of the earth.
What plates do earthquakes and volcanoes usually occur at?
The edge of the Pacific plate is known as the "Ring of Fire" because it has very high concentrations of earthquakes and volcanoes. However, most plate boundaries are capable of producing earthquakes and volcanoes at least occasionally.
