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How many earthquakes happen each year?
How many major earthquakes happen each year? The world had 16 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or more in 2025.
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How many major earthquakes happen each year?
The world had 16 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or more in 2025. Since 1900 the yearly count has ranged from 4 in 1930 to 24 in 2010, with no lasting rise. Quakes this strong are recorded wherever they strike, so even early counts are fairly complete; magnitudes before the 1960s are scientists' later estimates from old seismograms.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · Data as of December 31, 2025 · Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Geological Survey
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