Ring of Fire volcanic development which surrounds the shores of the Pacific from Tierra del Fuego around to the Moluccas." (Matthew Perry, "Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, 1852-54," Introduction, Section I, "Name, Extent, and Geography") About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's largest earthquakes occur along the Ring of Fire. The next most seismically active region (5–6% of earthquakes and 17% of the world's largest earthquakes) is the Alpide belt, which extends from Java to the northern Atlantic Ocean via the Himalayas and southern Europe. All but three of the
Ring of Fire (song) Ring of Fire (song) "Ring of Fire", or "The Ring of Fire", is a song written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and recorded by Johnny Cash. The single appears on Cash's 1963 album, "". The song was originally recorded by June's sister, Anita Carter, on her Mercury Records album "Folk Songs Old and New" (1963) as "(Love's) Ring of Fire". "Ring of Fire" was ranked No. 4 on "CMT's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music" in 2003 and #87 on "Rolling Stone"'s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In June 2014, Rolling Stone ranked the