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Why there’s a ring of natural disasters around the Pacific

Vox | February 6, 2026



The belt of volcanic activity is called the Ring of Fire.

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The Ring of Fire is a band of volcanoes and frequent earthquakes that runs from New Zealand, up through Eastern Asia, across the Bering Strait and all the way down to the Southern tip of Chile. Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis appear around the boundaries of the several, fast moving, tectonic plates that make up the region. When the plates collide, they create areas of volatility.

The Ring of Fire sees more natural disasters than anywhere else on Earth, but what makes it particularly dangerous is that few countries are prepared.

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  12. @iamtonisilvers

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    lately 3 of our volcanoes erupted starting with Mayon, then taal volcano , back then Pinatuibo erupted I was lucky cause i want born on that year but didn't know that will somehow have a slightly same situation when Taal erupted , we experienced Ash falls , it is so hard cause I do have allergies and asthma

  14. @siddhantraghuwanshi4189

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    What do you expect after the ring of power forged in Mountains of Mordor was destroyed ….. surely it had some effect if you look closely the ring of fire started from New Zeland….😂😂😂😂😂😂

  17. @chiefofworldplanningcommison

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    Earth happened because of ecosystem disabled, middle East, India doesn't comes under fire ring, don't miss guide,

    28% is 18+ out of 8.1 billion 😢, it is mean as 91% birth rate population will be 15 billion by 2050😢,

    67% ecology destroyed, 98.97% biodiversity totally destroyed, 99.95% animal species gone extinct, 78.79% fungus species gone extinct, fungus are medicine for trees, so trees are no more immune from micro life infections, human creatures already acquired 85% land of soil on earth, 21% drinking water river got dried 😢, 2022 birth rate was 88%, 2023 91%, ecology is immune system of earth, biodiversity is nurvurs system of earth 😢, as trees are not immune from micro life infections, all green animals wil face horrible disease soon,
    2025 fst cat 6 hurricane landfall 😢
    2035 cat7 as temperature will be 62°c
    2055 cat 8 temperature will be 65°c and 39% drinking water river will dry totally 😢
    2075 fst cat 9 hurricanes will landfall 55%drinking water river will dry with 89% ecology destruction 😢
    2475 Highest temperature will be 97°c 😢
    Please give rest to planet 😢

  19. @jckorn9148

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    The US West Coast hasn't had a real "Big One" since San Francisco 1906.
    We will know instantly when it happens, it will be the biggest disaster in US history.
    Japan 2011 level of mayhem. We aren't ready.

  21. @ninjagkpf

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    Ahhh. So that giant plate is a pumping human heart ,when there's a earthquake the earth is having a heart attack… Remember folks the earth is a living organism,treat it well and be aware it gets sick time to time.

  28. @leonardowynnwidodo9704

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    You won’t believe the eruption of Krakatau in December 2018. It caused a tsunami that hit the Lampung and Banten provinces of Sumatra and Java, respectively. A band known as Seventeen was performing a concert when the tsunami hit; there’s even footage of the show up until the waves “crashed the party” (that sounds like a cool slogan). The only survivor of the band was the vocalist; the rest, as well as his wife, died in the disaster.

    Although the tsunami also hit Ujung Kulon N.P., the only place in the world where the Javan rhinos roam free, no rhinos were reportedly dead, and surprisingly two rangers perished.

  31. @joaashalcaidde6945

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    The location of Mount Mayon in your documentary is far tetchily erroneously incorrect and wrong the location you showed is in Mindanao, but Mount Mayon is actually located in Bicol region in Luzon, make a fact check first before you publish something it will erode you integrity as a content creator in youtube. Do a correct and proper fact checking. I am a proud Filipino who take proud in the Topography of my beloved country.

  32. @vickeyhoward8094

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    75% of volcanoes are I. The RING OF FIRE. BUT THINGS ARE CHANGING NOW. AFRICIA IS SPLITTING APART, THERE'S A SPLIT IN THE OCEANS FLOOR, WHERE BUBBLES GO UP. AND ETHANE TOO, they are getting robots to help because it is so hot that far down, but I thought I saw gold down there maybe robots can get us an answer.

  35. @pamelag7553

    February 6, 2026 at 7:23 pm

    If Japan can build buildings like this then every city in our country should and must! Most people near fault lines would be willing to pay a reasonable increase in tax if they knew it went entirely to making housing safer in an earthquake.

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