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False: Malaysia is now in the Pacific Ring of Fire and prone to earthquakes Articles and social media posts have repeatedly shared a false claim that Malaysia is now situated within the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire and several locations in the country are now exposed to earthquake risks. But geologists said the Southeast Asian country remains far from the Ring of Fire and it would take millions of years for it to shift into the region. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)