How many earthquakes occur on average each year?
Aug 03, 2010
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Earthquake Questions
It seems like this year has been pretty active, because I’ve seen lots of earthquake reports on the news, like Chilie Haiti, i think turkey, California, etc. I never really heard a lot about earthquake reports last year, so i was wondering if this year is more active than other years, or is this normal?
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2 comments
IOWA MIKE on August 3, 2010 at 3:09 pm
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php
Above is a link to the U.S.G.S. it shows how many earthquakes of each magnitude there are each year at the lower part of this page. You can decide for yourself if you believe levels are normal I personally believe we are close to normal levels compared to other years.
Science Mom on August 3, 2010 at 3:09 pm
On average its 25,000 every year. Bear in mind that there are lots of quakes you cannot feel, or are in the ocean.