Thursday, March 08, 2007

Frequency of Earthquakes Worldwide

DescriptorMagnitude Annual average
Great8 or higher11
Major7–7.9172
Strong6–6.91342
Moderate5–5.91,3192
Light4–4.9c. 13,000
Minor3–3.9c. 130,000
Very minor2–2.9c. 1,300,000

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197837.html

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