!> FTCtURE 9-7 The relariomhip berween thc ilistribulion of e,mhquake epicenters and place bo Linda ries. Approxirriaix*ly 80/:: of earthquakes oećur within thc circum-Pacific bc’.rt !5% within rhe Mediterrancaii-Asialic beit. and the rem Mining S% within thc interiors of phies or aiom>. oceanie spreading ridge Systems. Bach dot represents a single cart}iquak.c epicenter.
Eurasian pluto
African
piąte
San Andreas fault
V/ Cdribbea piąte • i
Pacific
piąto
Nazca
piąte
South,;. Ahwican piąte /
Indo-Australian
piąte
Mid-Atlantic
Ridge
Antarctic olate
a- i l i - -
Corwęrgent Diverge.it Traisforrr
bójnejary bo-ndary bóundary