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Where it happens: the Ring of Fire

Earthquakes and volcanoes don't happen just anywhere — they cluster along the edges where tectonic plates meet, almost all around the Pacific Ocean.

EQUATOR PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC INDIAN OCEAN N. AMERICA S. AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA ASIA AUSTRALIA The Pacific Ring of Fire = major earthquake & volcano zone
The red markers trace the Ring of Fire — a horseshoe-shaped zone around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes and volcanoes occur.