Ring of Fire

The Ring of Fire is a series of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean. It was formed by the Pacific Plate's edges pushing against other plates and pushing up magma from the mantle. As tension builds up and releases from volcanoes and other boundaries, earthquakes happen.

Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench is a deep ocean trench that formed when two oceanic plates collided and one plate dove beneath the other, leaving a trench.

New Madrid Fault System

This underground fault system in Missouri was formed when an ancient Noth American Plate tried to diverge, but stopped before it could form new plates.

Tsunamis

Tsunamis occur when earthquakes shake up the earth. Seismic waves push on the water in the ocean and turns it into a tsunami.