posted on May, 1 2008 @ 05:51 AM
This was shocking to me.. I have noticed an increase in earthquakes recently... RENO... OREGON...INDIANA... so I thought I would try to find something
factual to see if there has really been an increase.. I went to the USGS site...
USGS 6.0 or greater earthquakes
This page list all of the 6.0 or greater earthquakes but oddly enough they are not ordered by year.. really strange.. but I put it into an spreadsheet
program and sorted them then counted them... If this is not proof that earthquake are increasing in frequency I do not know what is..
6.0 or larger by year for Entire World by year
1960 3
1962 3
1963 2
1964 4
1965 13
1966 6
1967 3
1968 6
1969 4
1970 5
1971 4
1972 6
1973 1
1974 5
1975 6
1976 5
1977 2
1978 2
1979 2
1980 5
1981 3
1982 1
1983 4
1984 1
1985 4
1986 3
1987 4
1988 4
1989 2
1990 2
1991 3
1992 5
1993 3
1994 3
1995 4
1996 1
1997 5
1998 8
1999 12
2000 6
2001 7
2002 22
2003 38
2004 33
2005 34
2006 24
2007 46
2008 15 (We are exactly 1/3 thru the year so at this rate) ?45?
What do you think? Are you shocked by this..... is this common knowledge and I am just catching wind of this?
Here it is again....the average number of 6.0 earthquakes per year per the USGS
1960-2001=4.2
2002-2008=34.5
PS.. I did not know where to post this... Thought this would be the best place.. open to suggestions....
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