The picture above is the Ring of Fire. The red line shows roughly where the Ring of Fire is. The Ring of Fire is where a large amounts of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. They are mostly in the basin of pacific ocean.
About the ring of fire
The Ring of Fire is a 40 000 kilometer horseshoe. There are a continuous amount of earthquakes and eruptions that occur in the area. It containes a seris of volcanic arcs and belts and oceanic trenchs. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes in it. It is also the home of 75% of the worlds active and dormant volcanoes. The Ring of Fire is the result of plate techonics. The edges of many plates meet along the Ring of Fire. The result of this is either a Convergent boundary, a Divergent boundary or a Transform boundary.
A Convergent boundary is when plates crash into each other. Convergent boundaries are usually subduction zones where heavier plates slip under lighter ones. This causes eruptions because the heavier plate melts back into the earth forcing magma up. A Divergent boundary is the opposite. It is when plates pull away from each other. Divergent boundaries are usually where seafloor spreading is. Seafloor spreading is when magma is moving up forcing the old crust apart.The seawater cools creating a new crust. Transform boundaries are connected to techtonic plate boundaries on both ends. Because of this they can create seafloor spreading like a divergent boundary. They can be really long, have an constant length or short length depending on the type of other plate boundary they are connected to.
A Convergent boundary is when plates crash into each other. Convergent boundaries are usually subduction zones where heavier plates slip under lighter ones. This causes eruptions because the heavier plate melts back into the earth forcing magma up. A Divergent boundary is the opposite. It is when plates pull away from each other. Divergent boundaries are usually where seafloor spreading is. Seafloor spreading is when magma is moving up forcing the old crust apart.The seawater cools creating a new crust. Transform boundaries are connected to techtonic plate boundaries on both ends. Because of this they can create seafloor spreading like a divergent boundary. They can be really long, have an constant length or short length depending on the type of other plate boundary they are connected to.