EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
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900, 000
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5, 000
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88, 000
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500, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -It is estimated that around 500, 000 earthquakes occur each year, detectable with current instrumentation. About 100, 000 of these can be felt.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Earthquake Information Center now locates about 20, 000 earthquakes around the globe each year, or approximately 55 per day.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is estimated that there are 500, 000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. 100, 000 of those can be felt, and 100 of them cause damage.
Detailed explanation-4: -The world’s greatest earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, is found along the rim of the Pacific Ocean, where about 81 percent of our planet’s largest earthquakes occur.
Detailed explanation-5: -Valdivia, Chile 22 May 1960 (magnitude 9.5) Prince William Sound, Alaska 28 March 1964 (magnitude 9.2) Sumatra, Indonesia 26 December 2004 (magnitude 9.1) Sendai, Japan 11 March 2011 (magnitude 9.0) Kamchatka, Russia 4 November 1952 (magnitude 9.0) More items