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.