Pacific ring of fire

1. Pacific Ring of Fire
●What is Pacific Ring of Fire (1)
●What is Pacific Ring of Fire (2)
●Chile
●United States
●Mexico
●Japan
●New Zealand

2. What is Pacific Ring of Fire (1)
●“Pacific Ring of Fire” is an area where large
numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

3. What is Pacific Ring of Fire (2)
●About 80% earthquake happens along the
Pacific Ring of Fire.
●Chile, Bolivia, Mexico, United States, Japan,
New Zealand, etc.

4. Chile
●In 2008, the volcanic activity of Llaima Volcano
and Chaitén Volcano were happened.
●In 2010, the magnitude 8.8 earthquake
happens.

5. United States
●More 50 volcanoes have been erupting since
1760.
●The most recent volcanic activity happened in
2009. That activity ended on May 2009.

6. Mexico
●The volcanic activity in Mexico happens on
volcanic belt.
●The 1982 eruption of El Chichón killed about
2,000 people who lived near the volcano.

7. Japan
●Ten percent of the world's active volcanoes are
found in Japan, which lies in a zone of extreme
crustal instability.
●In 2011, the large earthquake happened in
Japan.

8. New Zealand
●The February 2011
Christchurch earthquake
was a 6.3-magnitude
earthquake that struck the
Canterbury region in New
Zealand's South Island.