EARTHQUAKE COMPARISON

[joe kurtz]

I have found a site where i can get correct earthquake data from previous years. The chart below is for 6.0 and above from 2009 to 2011, jan 1 to mar 7. if you would like me to go futher back please let me know.

 

 

                             Jan 2009   Jan 2010  Jan 2011                                                                                  

 

 6.0 and up             12                14           11

 

7.0 and up               3                   2            3

 

 

                            Feb 2009   Feb 2010 Feb 2011

 

6.0 and up            13                18             17

 

7.0 and up              1                  0              0

 

 

                            Mar 2009   Mar 2010  Mar 2011

 

6.0 and up                 1               9           4

 

7.0 and up                0                0           0.

[joe kurtz]

remember this are only the 6.0 to 7.0. i feel the uptick is in the 5.0's, and the deep quakes. especially in the fiji area.

[Kim B]

I would say there have been more big hits on populated areas in the past two years obviously.  Also, earthquakes are happening in places that are not supposed to have earthquakes such as dillsburg, PA since 2008.

[joe kurtz]

the site for the data is emcs. because usgs is to inaccuate and will not show any data for the previous years.

[Alex Cortes]

It shows that our world is normally seismically active.  I would recommend going as far back as 1993 because it was at that point where there was a major up tick in the number of quakes reported world wide....Joe, great find and thank you as always.

[Cheryl Nelson]

That is odd.  What data does the site you're using rely on, Joe?