Understanding the Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire is an extensive area in the Pacific Ocean where numerous earthquakes and ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

It is 1,800 km (1,100 miles) north east of New Zealand and situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a tectonic region of earthquakes and volcanoes. The low-lying island nation was devastated by a ...

Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where much of the world’s earthquake and volcanic activity occurs.

The region lies along the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plate boundaries frequently generate powerful earthquakes and volcanic activity. Authorities in Tonga have not ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

It is 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) northeast of New Zealand and situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a tectonic region of earthquakes and volcanoes. A tsunami set off by a volcanic eruption in ...