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Its location on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire has long made Japan one of the most earthquake-prone places on earth, but even so, no one thought to build its nuclear power plants to the specifications based on the accounts of monks more than a millennium ago.
Tsunamis of Information L. Gordon Crovitz 2011
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In 2009, more than 140 earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 and above were felt in Peru, located on what geologists call the Pacific Ring of Fire due to its intense seismic activity.
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In 2009, more than 140 earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 and above were felt in Peru, located on what geologists call the Pacific Ring of Fire due to its intense seismic activity.
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The area is along the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines that stretches around the Pacific Rim.
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The area is along the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines that stretches around the Pacific Rim.
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Earthquakes are common fare in Indonesia, which sits along the Pacific Ring of Fire and is prone to shocks caused by the earth's tectonic movements.
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Manila's Stake In Energy Firm MANILA -- Philippine power producer First Gen Corp. won an auction for the government's majority stake in geothermal company PNOC-Energy Development Corp. with a $1.35 billion offer that taps into the energy potential of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
First Gen Wins 2007
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Indonesia's vast archipelago of 240 million people is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes because it sits along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the Pacific Ocean.
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Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 235 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes because it sits along the Pacific Ring of Fire, a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the Pacific Ocean.
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Japan, which lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, is one of the world's most seismically active countries.
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