Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia
From series “Dangerous Faults and Rifts of Earth Crust”
Recently the researchers stated that Pacific Ring of Fire is a really a huge tectonic fault. This unique area is located all around the Pacific Ocean. There you can find 328 volcanoes of 540 presented on the Earth. The volcanic chain goes through a lot of countries. One of the most earthquake-prone places is located in Indonesia.
Near the popular exotic resorts and snow-white beaches have placed the dangerous volcanoes that can become a reason for a real catastrophe. The tectonic plate that is a floor of the Indian Ocean goes lower and lower. Regular earthquakes are the main reason for this. Sumatra Island regularly suffers from the storms. In 2013 there were two strongest earthquakes that wiped out several villages and claimed the lives of hundreds of people.
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