Ring of Fire

American  

noun

Geology.

1. Also called Circum-Pacific belt.  the linear zone of seismic and volcanic activity that coincides in general with the margins of the Pacific Plate.

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Etymology

Origin of Ring of Fire

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Earthquakes are a near-daily occurrence in the Philippines, which is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.

From Barron's

Made up of thousands of islands, the Philippines sits in the so-called Ring of Fire, a seismic arc of volcanoes and fault lines around the Pacific basin that also includes Indonesia and Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Philippines, which sits on the geologically unstable "Ring of Fire", has been reeling from a string of devastating natural disasters.

From BBC

He understood, as he sang in “Ring of Fire,” that love could be painful as well as pleasant and that either way it was redemptive.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is located on the geologically unstable "Ring of Fire" - so called because of the high number of earthquakes and volcanoes that occur here.

From BBC