The so-called Ring of Fire is an area surrounding the Pacific tectonic plate where many of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

Hidden deep beneath the Pacific ... to map the interior structure of the Earth with unprecedented detail. What they found was unexpected—zones resembling ancient tectonic plates in areas where ...

A new study looking at four plateaus in the western Pacific Ocean suggests ... as you can see on the map above. The team also modeled tectonic plate dynamics for four hypothetical plateaus located ...