Answer the following question given this paragraph: 

Earthquakes with a magnitude in the 9 range are rare. The United States Geological Survey lists five such earthquakes on the moment magnitude scale since 1900 (see Figure below ). All but one, the Great Indian Ocean Earthquake of 2004, occurred somewhere around the Pacific Ring of Fire.


Q: Since 1900, four of the five earthquakes of the greatest magnitude occurred near what appropriately nicknamed pacific location?

 Choices:

- shower of fire

- quake epicenter

- seismic zone

- ring of fire

A:
ring of fire
