Pacific Ring of Fire

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seismic zone tectonic region volcanic belt

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a vast, horseshoe-shaped zone encircling the Pacific Ocean that is renowned for its intense seismic activity, frequent earthquakes, and numerous active volcanoes.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Pacific Ring of Fire canonical	236
Pacific Ring of Fire region	3
Circum-Pacific volcanic belt	2
Ring of Fire region	2
Circum-Pacific Belt	1
Circum-Pacific belt	1
Circum-Pacific orogenic belt	1
Northern Pacific Ring of Fire	1
Pacific Ocean and Ring of Fire	1
Pacific Ring of Fire (broad geological context)	1
Pacific Ring of Fire (indirectly via plate context)	1
Pacific Ring of Fire coast	1
Philippine volcanoes	1
Rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire (broad physiographic context)	1
Ring of Fire (broad tectonic context)	1
Тихоокеанское огненное кольцо	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	seismic zone ⓘ tectonic region ⓘ volcanic belt ⓘ
associatedWith	Antarctic Plate ⓘ Cocos Plate ⓘ Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ Juan de Fuca Plate ⓘ Nazca Plate ⓘ North American Plate ⓘ Pacific Plate ⓘ Philippine Sea Plate ⓘ
contains	Japan Trench region ⓘ Kamchatka volcanic arc ⓘ surface form: Kuril–Kamchatka Trench region Mariana Trench ⓘ surface form: Mariana Trench region Peru–Chile Trench region ⓘ Tonga Trench ⓘ surface form: Tonga Trench region
continentBorders	Asia ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ
extendsFrom	southern tip of South America ⓘ
extendsTo	New Zealand ⓘ
geologicalProcess	subduction of oceanic plates beneath continental plates ⓘ subduction of oceanic plates beneath other oceanic plates ⓘ
hasFeature	oceanic trenches ⓘ plate boundaries ⓘ subduction zones ⓘ volcanic arcs ⓘ
hasPart	Aleutian Arc ⓘ Andes ⓘ surface form: Andes volcanic belt Cascade Volcanic Arc ⓘ Indonesian volcanoes ⓘ Japanese Archipelago volcanoes ⓘ Kamchatka volcanic arc ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ surface form: New Zealand volcanoes Pacific Ring of Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Philippine volcanoes Tonga Trench ⓘ surface form: Tonga-Kermadec Trench region
hazardType	earthquakes ⓘ tsunamis ⓘ volcanic eruptions ⓘ
knownFor	frequent earthquakes ⓘ intense seismic activity ⓘ numerous active volcanoes ⓘ
locatedAround	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
passesThrough	Canada West Coast ⓘ Chile ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Mexico ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Peru ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Russia Far East ⓘ West Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States West Coast
percentageOfWorldEarthquakes	about 90% ⓘ
percentageOfWorldVolcanoes	more than 75% ⓘ
shape	horseshoe-shaped ⓘ

Referenced by (255)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Coast of the United States → locatedOnTectonicBoundary → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Pacific Ring of Fire → hasPart → Pacific Ring of Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philippine volcanoes

Ojos del Salado → isPartOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Andes → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Sea of Japan → locatedOn → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

San Andreas Fault → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Cascade Volcanic Arc → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Aleutian Arc → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Aleutian Arc → geologicalProvince → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circum-Pacific belt

Tonga Trench → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Kamchatka volcanic arc → locatedOn → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Kamchatka volcanic arc → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circum-Pacific volcanic belt

Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circum-Pacific volcanic belt

Peru–Chile Trench region → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Chimborazo → isPartOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mariana volcanic arc → locatedIn → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Circum-Pacific Belt

Mount St. Helens → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Philippine Sea Plate → isKeyComponentOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Central American Volcanic Arc → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Managua → locatedOnTectonicFeature → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Aleutian Islands → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Cascade Range → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Southeastern Solomon Islands → locatedOnTectonicFeature → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Krakatoa → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Japan Trench → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Merapi → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Bromo → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Rinjani → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Mount Tambora → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Kaiyukan → designConcept → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Ocean and Ring of Fire

Kuril Islands → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Bougainville Island → locatedIn → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Maluku Islands → locatedOn → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

western Pacific Ocean → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

salar de Atacama → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

subject surface form: Salar de Atacama

this entity surface form: Pacific Ring of Fire region

Aleutian Trench → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Klyuchevskoy → locatedOn → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team → associatedWith → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Tonga–Kermadec Arc → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Tolbachik → locatedIn → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Karymsky → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Ryukyu Arc → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Philippine Mobile Belt → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

New Zealand volcanic zones → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Tonga-Kermadec subduction system → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Kermadec Trench → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Philippine Trench → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Ryukyu Trench → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ

Izu–Ogasawara Trench → partOf → Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ