Non Pacific Convergent Zone

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The non-Pacific convergent zone has numerous active volcanoes erupting every day; one of them located just south of India erupts every 20-30 minutes! The non-Pacific convergent zone includes the southern part of the Eurasian plate boundary, east of India, and through Indonesia. Overall, this zone is quite active with volcanic activity. Every day that I recorded had at least four volcanoes erupting and at least six or seven at an eruption warning. All of these volcanoes listed in this zone were at some sort of watch for eruptions. Some of these constantly active volcanoes include Ibu, Sinabung, Stromboli, Dukono, and Gamali.

A volcano in the non-Pacific convergent zone is Mount Sinabung. This is a very active composite volcano located on

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