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More volcanoes are waking up 3 the Ring of Fire isn9t done yet.
Just days after a massive 8.8 earthquake and tsunami rocked Russia9s Kamchatka
Peninsula, scientists are warning: more eruptions may be on the way.
The Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of 452 volcanoes and major fault lines stretching from the
Americas to Asia and Antarctica, is no stranger to seismic chaos. But when pressure shifts in
one region, it can have ripple effects across thousands of miles.
Experts say large earthquakes can sometimes destabilize magma chambers and increase
eruption risk 3 and history has shown that clusters of seismic activity here can lead to
multiple volcanic events.
