03-12-2010, 09:44 PM
(03-09-2010, 01:26 PM)Peregrinus Wrote:(03-09-2010, 05:05 AM)carrie Wrote: Earthquake in Japan
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02...index.html
Japan has earthquakes all the time.
(03-09-2010, 05:05 AM)carrie Wrote: Earthquake in Chile (again)
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777...13101.html
This does not speak of a new one? there have been aftershocks, but no new earthquake...?
Aftershocks and foreshocks are earthquakes.
(03-09-2010, 01:43 PM)Peregrinus Wrote: There are earthquakes all the time all over the globe, some 200 per year. That means pretty well every day and a half there is an earthquake somewhere. Only the ones which have high casualty rates are reported. The rest one typically never hears about.
There are thousands of earthquakes every week, most are minor though...