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Ring Of Fire
The Ring of Fire is an arc stretching from New Zealand, along the Eastern border of of Asia, north beyond the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and south along the coast of North and South America. It was found and described before the founding of the theory of plate tectonics. These earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. Almost 90% of the worlds earthquakes happen along the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe shape 40,000 km (25,000 mi). It has a total of 452 volcanoes; 75% of these volcanoes are active volcanoes.