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The debate regarding the impact of the human population on the world around us has been an ongoing one, reignited each time we witness a significant shift in the climate or the environment as a whole. In fact, this whole situation has become so commonplace in our society that it no longer phases us the way that it should.
A perfect example of this level of complacency is the recent string of major earthquakes that are rocking our world. One would like to think that the occurrence of a major earthquake would quickly be known throughout the globe, the events making headlines and shocking our nation. However, over the course of a single week, we saw a total of 144 major earthquakes, a startlingly high number.
The phenomenon is occurring along a horseshoe-shaped active seismic belt called the ‘Ring of Fire’, an area that runs around the edge of the Pacific basin. The area is well known for a large number of volcanoes and earthquake epicenters, due to the fact that it runs along the boundaries of the planet’s tectonic plates. In fact, most of the world’s strongest earthquakes, and 75% of the world’s volcanoes are all located along these fault lines.
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