The Ring of Fire that passes through Asia is a highly seismic
area, and as a result will experience the most active and severe
Earth changes in this region.
Land will be inundated from the Philippines to Japan,
and north to the Bering Sea, including the Kuril and
Sakhalin Islands. As the Pacific Plate shifts its position some
nine degrees, the islands of Japan will sink, leaving a few small
islands. Taiwan and most of Korea will be lost to the
sea.
With the shifting of the plate, the coastal region of China
will be pushed inland hundreds of miles. Indonesia will break
up, although some islands will remain and new land will rise. The
Philippines will disappear beneath the sea.
Asia will lose a significant amount of its land mass through these
changes, yet new land will be born.
