Sentence examples for volcanoes occur from inspiring English sources

A relatively small number of volcanoes occur within plates far from their margins.

Volcanoes occur along both subduction and rift zones but are generally absent along strike-slip plate margins.

Subduction-zone volcanoes occur on the overriding plate and are offset inland from the actual plate boundary along the ocean trench.

Most of the world's earthquakes, the overwhelming majority of the world's strongest earthquakes, and approximately 75 percent of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire.

A few volcanoes occur within oceanic plates (e.g., along the Hawaiian chain); these are interpreted as the tracks of plumes (ascending jets of partially molten mantle material) that formed when such a plate moved over hot spots fixed in the mantle.

Earthquakes and volcanoes occur when the pressure of the lava is released.

Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic 6,758 2,060 1961 The only recorded eruption of this remote island-volcano occurred in 1961, forcing the evacuation of its small population for two years.

The eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull volcano and Miyake-jima voccurredccurred in 2010 (a) and in 2000 (b), respectively.

The latest eruption of Naruko Volcano occurred in 837, and Mt. Kurikoma underwent small eruptions in 1744, 1783, and 1944.

The most significant volcanic activity associated with this volcano occurred during the Late Pleistocene (after 0.22 Ma Harayamaa et al. 2000).

The first event of the swarm-like activity in the volcano occurred 17 minutes after the main shock (15:03, March 11).