Explain the major volcanic and seismic belt of the world
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Pacific seismic belt is also called The Ring of Fire. It is an area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. Pacific seismic belt is the biggest seismic belt in the world. It includes 452 volcanoes which are 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.
There are three main seismic belts around the world, which are Pacific seismic belt, Alpine-Himalayanseismic belt and Mid-ocean Ridge seismic belt. Pacific seismic belt is also called The Ring of Fire. It is anarea where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.Pacific seismic belt is the biggest seismic belt in the world. It includes 452 volcanoes which are 75% of theworld's active and dormant volcanoes. California, a state of America which often occur earthquakes andtsunami, is in the Pacific seismic belt. A great earthquake can cause a huge damage to human. The earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuanprovince in China in May 12nd 2008 cause more than 65000 people dead. The magnitude of Wenchuanearthquake is 8.0. It is the greatest earthquake in China and it had a lot of influences on people life.Because of this earthquake, China had a loss of 845.1 billion RMB (138 billion dollar).Earthquake can cause many damages. So the prediction of earthquake is really important. Observing thestrange behavior of animals is common sense of us. For now, many algorithms have been developed forpredicting earthquakes. The most well-known one probably is M8. It is a kind of way to predict earthquakeby analyzing “Time of Increased Probability”. It has already predicted some earthquakes successfully.