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US Earthquakes

  • The American people experience on average 50 earthquakes every day

  • out of the 5000000 detected earthquakes the world experiences an estimated 20,000 of them are in the US.

  • The largest earthquake in the US had a magnitude of 9.2

 

Worldwide Earthquake statistics

  • The earth experiences at least 1 earthquake with magnitude higher than 8 every year.

  • The largest earthquake recorded had been 9.5.

  • About 4,701,156 people experience earthquakes every year.

 

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