The reason, in fact, is simple: as distant from each other as these places are, they’re all linked by the“Circum-Pacific Belt – or, to use its more evocative name, the Pacific Ring of Fire.

However, those lucky enough to be in the narrow 125 miles wide path of annularity will witness the brief spectacle of a “ring of fire”—the colloquial name for an annular solar eclipse.

The Ring of Fire is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of its earthquakes. 2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that ...