Ring of Fire Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. In a large horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and plate movements. It has 452 volcanoes (more than 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes). The Ring of Fire is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt. About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. All but three of the world's 25 largest
Ring of Fire (1961 film) Ring of Fire (1961 film) Ring of Fire is a 1961 Metrocolor Drama directed by Andrew L. Stone, starring David Janssen, Joyce Taylor and Frank Gorshin. The film was shot in Vernonia, Oregon and Wynoochee River, Washington, featuring footage from two real forest fires. The title song was written and performed by Duane Eddy. A deputy sheriff, Steve Walsh, encounters a trio of young people in Washington between Shelton and Aberdeen in rural Mason County forest and is taken hostage when the girl, Bobbie, produces a gun. Bobbie later tries to seduce Walsh, who is twice her age and resists.