Ring of Fire

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ring of Fire¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Some 75% of the world’s volcanoes live along the aptly name Ring of Fire.

From Singularity Hub 

Around 80 percent of tsunamis begin along the Pacific Ocean’s seismically active “Ring of Fire.”

From Popular-Science

I wanted the dog to do more than just leap and came up with the red “Ring of Fire.”

From Washington Post