The Plate of Volcano
World distribution of volcanoes and earthquake zone.
This figure shows the distribution of volcanoes and
earthquake zones in the world.
You can see that most of the
world's active volcanoes
are found along the boundaries
between two plates.Major
earthquakes also occur along the
boundary between the Cocos
Plate and the North American
Plate. Earthquakes are also
common in Japan, because the
country lies at the plate
boundary where the Pacific collides
with the Eurasian Plate.