Although there is consensus among geologists about most areas included in the Ring of Fire, they disagree about the inclusion of a few areas, for example, the Antarctic Peninsula and western Indonesia. The Ring of Fire includes the Pacific coasts of South America, North America, Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, and some islands in the western Pacific Ocean. The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) long and up to about 500 km (310 mi) wide. The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. : Active volcanoes Global map of subduction zones, with subducted slabs contoured by depth Subduction zone : Earthquakes of magnitude ≥ 7.0 (depth 0–69km) The Pacific Ring of Fire, with trenches marked with blue lines Global earthquakes (1900–2013) For other uses, see Ring of Fire (disambiguation).
