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EarthquakeFactsandStatistics
We'retransitioningtoanewsystem,sothiswebpageisbeingphasedoutandisnolongermaintainedasof11/27/12.To
generatestatisticsforpastearthquakes,pleaseusetheOnlineEarthquakeCatalog.
ThelistsandstatisticsonthiswebpagehavenotbeenupdatedsinceDecember2012.Manyofthesewillbeupdatedandavailable
whenwehavecompletedthetransitionintothenewearthquakedatabase.Wehopetoprovidethissometimein2015.
FrequencyofOccurrenceofEarthquakes
Magnitude
AverageAnnually
8andhigher
77.9
15
66.9
134
55.9
1319
44.9
13,000
Magnitudevs.GroundMotionandEnergy
(estimated)
33.9
GroundMotion
Change
(Displacement)
Energy
Change
1.0
10.0times
about32times
0.5
3.2times
about5.5times
0.3
2.0times
about3times
0.1
1.3times
about1.4times
Thistableshowsthatamagnitude7.2earthquakeproduces10
timesmoregroundmotionthanamagnitude6.2earthquake,butit
releasesabout32timesmoreenergy.Theenergyreleasebest
indicatesthedestructivepowerofanearthquake.See:Howmuch
biggerisamagnitude8.7earthquakethanamagnitude5.8
earthquake?
130,000
(estimated)
22.9
Magnitude
Change
1,300,000
(estimated)
Basedonobservationssince1900.
Thesenumbershavebeenrecentlyupdated,basedondatafrom
theCentennialcatalog(from1900to1999)andthePDE(since
2000).
Basedonobservationssince1990.
TheUSGSestimatesthatseveralmillionearthquakesoccurintheworldeachyear.Manygoundetectedbecausetheyhitremote
areasorhaveverysmallmagnitudes.TheNEICnowlocatesabout50earthquakeseachday,orabout20,000ayear.
Asmoreandmoreseismographsareinstalledintheworld,moreearthquakescanbeandhavebeenlocated.However,thenumberof
largeearthquakes(magnitude6.0andgreater)hasstayedrelativelyconstant.
NumberofEarthquakesWorldwidefor20002012
LocatedbytheUSGeologicalSurveyNationalEarthquakeInformationCenter
(M4.5+formostoftheworlddoesn'tincludeUSregionalnetworkcontributions)
Magnitude 2000 2001 2002 2003
2010
2011
2012
8.0to9.9
7.0to7.9
14
15
13
14
14
10
14
12
16
23
19
11
6.0to6.9
146
121
127
140
141
140
142
178
168
144
150
185
96
2209
2276
1295
4.0to4.9 8008 7991 8541 8462 10888 13917 12838 12078 12291 6805 10164
13315
8710
4341
2791
2174
4626
3643
2721
1.0to1.9 1026
1344
26
18
42
21
26
39
47
34
134
103
2939
864
17
24
11
0.1to0.9
10
Total 22256 23534 27454 31419 31194 30478 29568 29685 31777 14825 21577 *22289 *15049
Estimated
Deaths
21953
629
StartinginJanuary2009,theUSGSNationalEarthquakeInformationCenternolongerlocatesearthquakessmallerthanmagnitude4.5
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php
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EarthquakeFactsandStatistics
outsidetheUnitedStates,unlesswereceivespecificinformationthattheearthquakewasfeltorcauseddamage.
Thevaluesinthetablesforthemostrecentyearsmayfluctuateduetomagnitudeupdatesduringthereviewprocess.
NumberofEarthquakesintheUnitedStatesfor20002012
LocatedbytheUSGeologicalSurveyNationalEarthquakeInformationCenter
(M2.5+doesn'tincludeUSregionalnetworkcontributions)
Magnitude 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2011
2012
8.0to9.9
7.0to7.9
6.0to6.9
5.0to5.9
63
41
63
54
25
47
51
72
85
58
89
51
25
4.0to4.9 281 290 536 541 284 345 346 366 432 288 631
347
250
3.0to3.9 917 842 1535 1303 1362 1475 1213 1137 1486 1492 3584
1838
1096
2.0to2.9 660 646 1228 704 1336 1738 1145 1173 1573 2379 4132
2941
1951
1.0to1.9
11
13
26
39
47
34
0.1to0.9
73
13
22
20
14
12
Total 2342 2261 3876 2946 3550 3685 2783 2791 3618 4262 8496 *5237 *3365
Estimated
Deaths
EarthquakeInformationforthe1990s
GraphsofEarthquakeStatistics
Wedetect,butgenerallydonotlocate,about50mineblasts(explosions)throughouttheUnitedStatesonanygivenbusinessday.
Theseblaststypicallyoccurbetweennoonand6PMlocaltimeMondaythroughSaturday.Ofthese,aboutoneeventeverytwodays
islargeenoughthatwecomputealocationfortheblastandpostittoaseparateexplosionslisting.
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