[UCANSEE2]

There are , on average , 18 earthquakes in the 7.0-7.9 range, per year.

[occamrzr06]

Here’s some stats from the USGS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php

[Hildy]

Do we know how many we have had so far this year?

[Hildy]

This from that website:

Earthquakes •Magnitude 7.0 NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA June 16, 2010
•Magnitude 5.7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA June 15, 2010
•Magnitude 7.5 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION June 12, 2010
•Magnitude 7.1 VANUATU May 27, 2010
•Magnitude 7.2 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA May 09, 2010
•Magnitude 6.7 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE March 16, 2010
•Magnitude 6.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 14, 2010
•Magnitude 6.9 LIBERTADOR O HIGGINS, CHILE March 11, 2010
•Magnitude 6.1 EASTERN TURKEY March 08, 2010
•Magnitude 6.8 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA March 05, 2010

[monday]

"There are , on average , 18 earthquakes in the 7.0-7.9 range, per year."

Chicken Little has his fingers in his ears saying "LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!". So mush more fun to believe the sky is falling don't ya know.