There are three major belts or zones of earthquakes and volcanoes on the earth.
Circum-Pacific belt:
1. This belt is also called as ‘Ring of Fire’ as it has maximum number of active volcanoes.
2. It includes the volcanoes of eastern and western coastal areas of the Pacific Ocean.
3. This belt contains most of the worldfamous volcanic mountains and volcanic cones.
4. The highest volcanic mountain of the world Cotopaxi is located in this belt.
5. Fujiyama (Japan) Mt. St. Helens (Washington, USA) Pinatubo and Mayon (Philippines) are other significant volcanoes in this belt.
Mid-Atlantic belt:
1. This belt covers the volcanoes mainly along the Mid-Atlantic ridge.
2. The most active volcanic area in MidAtlantic ridge is Iceland.
Mid-Continental belt:
1. This belt includes the volcanoes of Alpine mountain chains, the Mediterranean Sea and volcanoes of fault zone of Eastern Africa.
2. The famous volcanoes in this belt are Stromboli and Mt. Etna.
