The Ring of Fire Unleashing the Power of Volcanoes and Earthquakes #volcano #facts

The force of magma is so powerful that there are around 15,500 active volcanoes worldwide today and about 60 of them erupt each year About 75% of these are located in a 40,000 kilometers long and 500 kilometers wide belt called the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean At the same time 0% of all earthquakes and 81% of earthquakes with a magnitude of 6 or higher occur in this area This is not a coincidence because the Ring of Fire extends along the places where the Pacific Plate one of the seven major plates forming the Earth's surface comes into contact with other plates In fact plate tectonics is not always necessary for the formation of volcanoes Sometimes magma underground under extreme pressure can break through the Earth's surface without minding the plates and this can happen anywhere at any time For now I'll skip discussing these volcanoes which could theoretically occur