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Ninety percent of the worlds earthquakes occur around the

A. island chains in the atlantic basin
B. indian ocean basin.
C. coasts of europe
D. continential coasts of the pacific ocean

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I think the answer is D. 
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Answer:

D. continental coasts of the pacific ocean

Step-by-step explanation:

  • That is the ring of fire that constitutes most of the earthquakes and the tectonic activity and is a zone of the 90% of the earthquake which is associated with the volcanic activity and is in the form of arc or ring-shaped that cover a major basin are of the pacific ocean and is 40,000 km wide.
  • About 25 large volcanic eruptions have taken place over a period of 11,700 years as this ring of fire a product of the result of the tectonic late and the lithosphere zones.
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