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    The narrow zone, also known as the earthquake belt, consists of two areas where 95% of the world's earthquakes occur due to plate tectonic activity. The Circum-Pacific Belt includes coastal regions around the Pacific Ocean where the mega-thrust fault causes the most seismic activity at convergent plate boundaries. The Alpine-Himalayan Belt extends from the Mediterranean Sea through the Himalayan Mountains due to the collision of the African and Eurasian plates forming thrust and strike-slip faults.

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    The narrow zone, also known as the earthquake belt, consists of two areas where 95% of the world's earthquakes occur due to plate tectonic activity. The Circum-Pacific Belt includes coastal regions around the Pacific Ocean where the mega-thrust fault causes the most seismic activity at convergent plate boundaries. The Alpine-Himalayan Belt extends from the Mediterranean Sea through the Himalayan Mountains due to the collision of the African and Eurasian plates forming thrust and strike-slip faults.

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    The narrow zone, also known as the earthquake belt, consists of two areas where 95% of the world's earthquakes occur due to plate tectonic activity. The Circum-Pacific Belt includes coastal regions around the Pacific Ocean where the mega-thrust fault causes the most seismic activity at convergent plate boundaries. The Alpine-Himalayan Belt extends from the Mediterranean Sea through the Himalayan Mountains due to the collision of the African and Eurasian plates forming thrust and strike-slip faults.

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    WHAT IS NARROW ZONE? CIRCUM-PACIFIC BELT


    — also called as Earthquake Belt location: coastal regions of Chile, Central America,

    — 95% of energy released by earthquake Indonesia, Japan, and Alaska, including the Aleutian
    Islands
    — consists of different geological features and activities,
    and plates type of fault: mega-thrust fault

    — two types: Apline-Himalayan Belt and Circum-Pacific — zone of greatest seismic act

    Belt — convergent plate boundaries

    ALPINE-HIMALAYAN BELT

    location: Mediterranean sea and extends past the


    Himalayan Mountains
    cause of formation: collision of African plate with
    Eurasian plate
    type of fault: thrust and strike-slip faults

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