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Question
Write about the Pacific Ring of fire.
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Solution
- Most Earthquakes and Volcanic eruptions do not strike randomly, but occur along the plate boundaries.
- One such area is the circum – Pacific Ring of Fire.
- Here the Pacific Plate meets many surrounding plates. The Ring of fire is the most seismically and volcanically active zone in the world.
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