The Ring of Fire: Earth's Hotspot for Volcanoes and Earthquakes
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2025
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At 24,900 miles, if the array of volcanoes known as the Ring of Fire were stretched out straight, it would encircle the Earth. Instead it spans from New Zealand, around to Malaysia and Indonesia, up through the Philippines to mainland Asia and from there to Japan. Then, further up to the Kamchatka Peninsula of Eastern Russia, across the [All-oo-shun] Aleutian Islands to Alaska, then down the Western Coasts of North and South America, ending in Argentina/Chile. It’s more like the Horseshoe of Fire, with the two tips of the horseshoe situated about 5,800 miles apart. This is fitting for how it has served as the cavalry bringing the inferno of Hell onto the Earth. So, let’s go on a ride around this geographic marvel.
Along our tour, we’ll be moving through time and space. We’ll see the origin of this titanic terrain of tectonic tumult through to the underappreciated ways it has shaped modern civilization. We'll make stops to study particularly notable volcanoes, and their most memorable eruptions, particularly if you happened to be around at the time. Then, it’ll be time to be nimble on your feet as we go through the stories of earthquakes that are spine-chilling to contemplate, let alone experience. Now, try not to fall into the burning ring of fire, even as the Earth shakes and the flames go up higher.
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Titanic terrain of tectonic tumult. I love it, I will be returning home to the Philippines next week. We are not far from Taal. Hopefully we will be free from Tectonic Tumult. We roll with what God gives us. Thanks for all you do!
2:00 - Chapter 1 - Birth of scorched earth
3:45 - Chapter 2 - Ingredients for disaster regions
5:20 - Chapter 3 - The other cradle of civilization
7:20 - Chapter 4 - Volcanos; dynasty's bane
9:05 - Chapter 5 - Krakatoa's the most a volcano has shaped humanity
13:50 - Chapter 6 - Huaynaputina burns the world
15:40 - Chapter 7 - Scientists battle the ring
18:25 - Chapter 8 - Alaska's greatest disaster
20:00 - Chapter 9 - The greatest quake
22:40 - Conclusion
Cul-de-sac Of Fire.
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And it burns burns burns, the ring of fire...
Mount Cinnabon???
Yes please 🤤
This guy is an anime, history, and geology nerd. Respect 🫡
Nature's Subductive Power.
I’ve been to Mt Pinatubo. It was breath taking
1:22 "...titanic terrain of tectonic tumult.."
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Another nice thing as a result of the Ring of Fire is the onsen culture in Japan. Love those.
Цікаве та пізнавальне відео. Дякую ❤️
Hello im a korean i love Geographics❤
You forgot to mention the Tonga Volcano (Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha-apai) which is in the Ring of Fire. A submarine volcano it erupted starting on December 20, 2021 and stopping on January 4, 2022. It is estimated that Tonga's eruptions during that time period added an extra 5% of water vapor to the atmosphere or around 179 trillion more gallons of water. Because of this alone, the Earth's climate will warm by 1 degree Fahrenheit by the end of this century and likely another 1 degree by the mid 2100s. Instead of haggling over how to reduce carbon emissions, it would probably be more profitable to look for ways to dehumidify the atmosphere somewhat.
Thank you! I was freaked out as a kid too, I lived near a dormant volcano as a kid, and the movie Volcano did it to me, with the subway worker jumping into the lava feet first.
Yeah, I don't remember much from Volcano, but it and Dante's Peak definitely screwed me up a bit, thinking the rumored volcano in Bloomington, CA, was gonna erupt.
Hello from Wellington, NZ - lots of earthquakes across the country at a low - sometimes medium - level 😅 gotta assess buildings for earthquake safety every few years in this city
I'm here for the cat lol
TIME AND SCIENCE CAN NOT BE STOPPED THE CLIMATE-CHANGER GOD-ROCK
Love your content Eric 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for educating me about the “ring” of fire.
Hang on, didn't Places (that channel Simon Whistler jumped to) also cover the Ring of Fire recently?
Yup, 1 month ago spent nearly an hour on it
Again, exceptional factually based video....and....presentation. You have done it! My opinion.
Great read Eric ! Interesting topic 😊
Thank you! I'm glad the author did a good job.
It's _also_ a go to Karaoke pick!
Pierce Brosnan's injury in the cave was his arm, not his knee.
great reporting
... and suddenly, millions of Oregonians and Washingtonians cried out, "It's Mt. St. Helens, not Helen!"
Johnny Cash can walk that whole ring if he was still alive
Damn, I 'm five minutes late to comment something with "Johnny Cash" 😢
Then I guess he can't walk that whole ring...
Before or after he harms more women?
He will just walk the line.
@@svenvaltik5657 no, just fall into it
Friendly neighborhood geologist here…there is some REALLY inaccurate and outright bad information here. Please send me your script so I can make comments and you can maybe make corrections? This killed my soul a little
I'll go ahead and add Dustin to Karl's editing schedule. My area of expertise is astronomy, not geology, unfortunately.
@@geographicstravel well if you're ever doing another geology one, let me know and I am happy to make some notes (no cost)
Sure thing!
Bring Back Simon
2:23 minor correction the North American plate is the second largest plate, i believe the South American plate is the 7th largest
Would’ve been great if Simon had done this
The Ring of Fire does extend into Antarctica making a real ring with Volcanos like Mount Erebus following the Antarctic rift over to Deception Island then onto the southern tip of South America.
Give this guy more air time. 🍻
An episode on the Mount Ilopango and Mount tamboura 535 eruptions and subsequent year with a summer might be interesting. I believe the current thinking is both of these went of around the same time and led to the temporary change in climate
Bro that cat moving down on the right at 16:28 threw me off. I swear i thought it was a replica toy of Archer from Small Soldiers moving around.
I'm confused. Where's Simon?
Mount Toba did more to the Human population than any other volanco. Look it up. It almost extincted Humans!
And it’s Mt St Helens. S. Helens.
Seriously how do you miss that while writing, editing (and narrating!)? Did no one realize, or was it a cheap way to gain engagement?
kitty!
I'm so happy that I wasn't the only one freaked out my the movies Volcano and Dante's peak as a kid. I recently watched volcano as an adult and I felt some anxiety with the scenes that scared me
Canada has 24 volcanos and British Columbia also sits on the Pacific and Juan De Fuca plates 😮 from Seattle to Vancouver BC are considered the most likely places to have a major earthquake.😮
I live in Central Texas. I was alive when the 1964 earthquake struck Alaska. Where I live, there is a fault that is pretty much inactive, the Balcones Fault (not the music group.) There was a park near where we lived and my brother and I went out that day to play. There was a small cave, actually, I'm not sure how large the cave was, I was afraid to go in and, as a fe-type-male, I wasn't bullied into doing it. A child's head just fit into the largest part of the crack and we knew a couple of kids who had gotten into it. That day the crack was changed. It was narrower. Even a child's head no longer could get through it. Now, 6 decades later, the last time I was there, which was probably at least 2 decades ago, they had cemented the crack closed, made the climb safer and all that jazz. I mean, what's the point? Are we making childhood so safe our grand or great-grands never know danger until they kill themselves with something risky?
lol at “fe-type-male. That’s clever
I am Alaskan but not 1964 old who lives in Austin. Theres no link between the two. Austin isn’t seismically active or affected that way from afar.
FYI - whining about how the world is changing is SO weird. I’m very sorry that people had their children die in places and worked hard to protect others. Nobody is “more soft” because it takes more work to find a way into an underground cave.
@@br3wski I realize that the fault in Texas isn't in any way connected to Alaska, but that earthquake was so severe, a lot of unconnected faults responded. In this case, less than 2 inches, maybe even only an inch. I didn't go up there and measure it. I'm pretty sure no person's child died up there since I have lived all my life in Austin - except to go to college, but my folks still lived here. In fact, they both died here. However, I knew a lady who was living in Alaska in 1964. I don't remember now, but I think she was in Anchorage.
Mt. Saint Helen(s
Dantes Peak made me fear volcanoes for life, they are a terrible power
The scene you are talking about, is not Pierce Brosnan himself, but the grandma of the kids in the movie that had that leg problem.
I have seen the movie several times, and it still is quite good.
Doesn't Pierce Brosnan get his bone sticking through his arm when he gets buried after driving into a mine with his truck? The grandma's legs are burned in the acidic water, that I remember.
Just a little correction here, Indonesia's independence was in 1945, not 1949
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I came across a theory in an atlas pro video that proposed one of if not the biggest factor for the Hawaiian hotspot is actually because it's at the antipode of a massive crater in South Africa. I have no idea if that is more or less plausible than the main cause being its central location in the Pacific plate but its interesting to think they may both be simultaneously at play!
That’s called a coincidence. Imagine your human body and thinking your penis sticks out because your mouth is a hole. That’s like the same damn level of thought
Did karl quit
But without it we all will die nothing on Earth would survive!💀☠
I actually petted the kitty on my computer screen when the host spoke of "Dante's Peak", a movie that was so bad I, conditioned by Mystery Science Theater 3000 to call out the flaws of, my dad told me to 'SHUT UP!!!" while he, my mom, and myself watched it.
You have already done a video on this subject.
No we haven't.
Krakatoa was not the most influential volcanic eruption humanity has ever witnessed and Tambora wasn't 10 times the size of Krakatoa. Toba was a much bigger deal and Tambora was about 4.5 times larger than krakatoa
Krakoata eruption dubbed as the loudest sound in the history of volcanic eruption 🌋
we could rename it the "wheel of fire" and make Hawaii the axle
bro is that a goku figure in on your shelf?
Where’s Simon?? I’ll still watch this guy… but I use Simon’s voice to go to sleep sometimes…
I feel like the creepy red backlighting gives the wrong feel for this host.
Hello Mr Science Communicator 😂😂
Re upload? I'm sure I saw this last night oh wait that was simon
They have already done a video on it.
Can't watch or stand this bloke.
Unsub everything he pops up on after his biographies f up
@@hollydavid69 not this channel but Places
Im here because of the massive 7.6 earth quake 2/8
Places did a video on this a month ago by the old host
Rubbing ash in the wound? As a kid our main health care was "rub some dirt in it and walk it off".
I saw a cat and I want to say hi
On the exact opposite of the planet from the center of the ring is the horn of Africa - where hurricanes are made
I’m in love with the cat just chillin on the shelves while the video is being filmed. Now I’m gonna see if I can spot him in other vids.
I was so invested in the cat
Wait a minute… where’s Simon?
I thought I was in an alternate reality. Thank you
@@mitchsmith7472 bros been gone from this channel for so long now you might be if you're only just finding out. it's been a year lol
Simon has gine for about 10.months and you only hust realize?
@@archstanton6102 aye man, just have been getting the older content in the algorithms
I believe this guy has his east and west backwards
Dustin did, not me. The script was already supposed to have been fact checked, so we've added his scripts to Karl's editing and fact checking schedule.
@@geographicstravel Not very professional to publicly blame a colleague!
Quality has sure fallen since Simon left this channel
well , if "someone" hits the yellowstone, all wars on the planet will stop at ones , looks like its coming
That isn't really how volcanic activity works, though. And there's been plenty of research from scientists that Yellowstone might be past its prime as a super volcano.
@@geographicstravel Yah righ We know You v been told to keep drugged nation with sweet stories , ppl in US are drugged in pill way or meth, or THC way What a wonderful world we have 🥱KOMFORT IS A BIG ADDICTION EVER ,They will love your scientists' fairy tales
Yo the history was very enjoyable but Indonesia gained their independence in 1945 might wanna check other dates on historical timeline 😂 but.. Overall 👍
Imagine what this channel would be like still if the whatever her name is didn't just ruin it beyond belief
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You need a Brain Blaze. Sorry I took so long to watch a non Simon Geographics video. Nice cat and collectables!!
As in, a channel where I'm allowed to cut loose and say the F-word? lol In that case, Storyrant is my Brian Blaze. It's growing pretty fast too, now that I'm actually finding time to write video essays. Storytelling is my real passion.
@@geographicstravel I'll see you there 😀
Wasn’t this show hosted by another dude?
Simon Whistler
Don't be a moron
@@TUKByV1Mans probably busy with his plan to host every RUclips channel on the platform.
Simon hasn't been here for a year.
Ugggh, I dislike Simon. I'll give this guy a chance.
I miss Simon
Simon..😢
Hiii
U spelt volcanoes wrong lol not a good look on a factual video. Volcanoes has an e in it my friend 7:17
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You spelt you wrong. Not good for a factual comment my friend!
People asking where Simon is makes me chuckle. His last video was the Shangri-La video back in May 2023. I had to look it up because I don't watch this channel a lot, that being said, bring back Karl, this new guy is boring.
Ok so... real talk where is Simon?...i didn't sub to Dollar General/Temu Johnny Cash....
I thought I blocked this channel after Simon left it.
Blocked.
Bye Felicia. This isn’t the airport, this is RUclips. You don’t have to announce your departure.
And yet commenting on a videoo keeps your interest registered on RUclips.
I’m sorry no Simon unfollow
Simon has not hosted for about 12 months and you are only now realizing?
@@archstanton6102 I haven’t watched since the first “interim” episode… I’m just now unsubbing
What is "feet"? Unless your channel is only for U.S. audience, you made the whole video useless by showing all the measures with this non sense imperial system that nobody understand. 👏🤡👏
Really? The whole video useless ... exaggerate much? That was about as bad as some 'muricans coming around to complain when metric is used.
Pretty sure plenty of people understand feet and inches, even non-US folks like myself. (And there's always Google to figure it out anyways.)
The owners use whatever measurement is most common in the region where the script is focused...personally, I'd rather it all be metric, but I'm not the owner.
Stop calling us “ SPACE COWBOY “ - please 🙏. Seriously, it’s so cringe. I’m begging you!
He has got east west wrong doesn't he check. Or are we going to have another video telling us he got it right