• Question: How many earthquakes will happen in the next 10 years in the world

    Asked by hxsan77 to Davie, Gemma, James P, James V, Nuala on 26 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Davie Galloway

      Davie Galloway answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      It is estimated that several million earthquakes occur in the world each year. Most go undetected because either they hit remote areas and have very small magnitudes or just have very small magnitudes anyways. So in the next 10 years there will be several millions earthquakes x10.

      If we just look at some of the larger earthquakes (those above magnitude 5) then around 15,000 will occur in the next 10 years.

    • Photo: James Pope

      James Pope answered on 26 Jun 2012:

      Hi hxsan77,

      Top answer from Davie, the worst bit is we don’t know exactly where and when these Earthquakes will occur which is what is really scary and dangerous!

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