North Pacific Ocean, December 9 (ANI): An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck the North Pacific Ocean, a press release by the Nationwide Middle for Seismology (NCS) stated.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 80km.
In a publish on X, the NCS stated, ‘EQ of M: 6.5, On: 09/12/2025 03:22:48 IST, Lat: 41.13 N, Lengthy: 143.09 E, Depth: 80 Km, Location: North Pacific Ocean.’
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/standing/1998153966736245004?s=20
Earlier within the day, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the area at a depth of 40km.
In a publish on X, the NCS stated, ‘EQ of M: 6.2, On: 09/12/2025 00:26:30 IST, Lat: 40.94 N, Lengthy: 143.21 E, Depth: 40 Km, Location: North Pacific Ocean.’
https://x.com/NCS_Earthquake/standing/1998109399618134081?s=20
The world’s biggest earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is discovered alongside the rim of the Pacific Ocean, the place about 81 % of our planet’s largest earthquakes happen. It has earned the nickname ‘Ring of Hearth,’ the USGS states.
The belt exists alongside boundaries of tectonic plates, the place plates of principally oceanic crust are sinking (or subducting) beneath one other plate. Earthquakes in these subduction zones are attributable to slip between plates and rupture inside plates. Earthquakes within the circum-Pacific seismic belt embrace the M9.5 Chilean Earthquake [Valdivia Earthquake] (1960) and the M9.2 Alaska Earthquake (1964).
Roughly 90% of the world’s earthquakes happen alongside the Ring of Hearth. About 81% of the world’s largest earthquakes occur on this belt. It’s estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes on this planet every year. 100,000 of these will be felt, and 100 of them trigger harm.
The Pacific Ring of Hearth is about 40,000 km (25,000 mi) lengthy and as much as about 500 km (310 mi) large, and surrounds many of the Pacific Ocean.
The present configuration of the Pacific Ring of Hearth has been created by the event of the present-day subduction zones, initially (by about 115 million years in the past) in South America, North America and Asia. As plate configurations steadily modified, the present subduction zones of Indonesia and New Guinea had been created (about 70 million years in the past), adopted lastly by the New Zealand subduction zone (about 35 million years in the past). (ANI)
