Pacific Ring of Fire

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ring_of_Fire
gptkbp:characterizedBy frequent earthquakes
high volcanic activity
gptkbp:contains about 75% of the world's active volcanoes
about 90% of the world's earthquakes
gptkbp:formedBy plate tectonics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pacific Ring of Fire
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkb:Cascade_Range
gptkb:Japanese_Archipelago
gptkb:New_Zealand_Volcanic_Plateau
gptkb:Andes_Mountains
gptkb:Philippine_Islands
gptkbp:length about 40,000 kilometers
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
gptkb:2011_Tōhoku_earthquake
gptkb:1960_Valdivia_earthquake
gptkb:1985_Mexico_City_earthquake
gptkb:2010_Chile_earthquake
gptkbp:notableVolcano gptkb:Krakatoa
gptkb:Mount_Tambora
gptkb:Mount_Erebus
gptkb:Mount_Fuji
gptkb:Mount_St._Helens
gptkb:Mount_Mayon
gptkb:Mount_Ruapehu
Mount Pinatubo
gptkbp:passesThrough gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Central_America
gptkb:Chile
gptkb:Colombia
gptkb:Ecuador
gptkb:Indonesia
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
gptkb:Peru
gptkb:Philippines
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:studiedBy geologists
seismologists
gptkbp:tectonicActivity gptkb:Eurasian_Plate
gptkb:North_American_Plate
gptkb:Antarctic_Plate
gptkb:Cocos_Plate
gptkb:Indo-Australian_Plate
gptkb:Juan_de_Fuca_Plate
gptkb:Nazca_Plate
gptkb:Pacific_Plate
gptkb:Philippine_Sea_Plate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Andes_Mountains
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4