Earth Updates-2010

[gscraig]

Now, that the 1st Quater of 2010 is winding down, liste below is the updated the earthquake data.

U P D A T E D- 3/31/2010

2009 Earthquakes 1st Quarter
32 total quakes
26 quakes 6-6.9 magnitude
06 quakes 7-7.9 magnitude
00 quakes 8+
1,783 deaths for the year of 2009

*2010 Earthquakes 1st Quarter
*55 total quakes
50 quakes 6-6.9 magnitude
03 quakes 7-7.9 magnitude (however, I counted 13 via another seismic sight)
02 quakes 8+ magnitude
*Highest number of 6.0+ quakes for the 1st Quarter in the last 10 years. (yes, I will check further back to see the last time it might have been as high or higher)
223, 140 deaths for the year of 2010 (based on current accounted for)

Additonal 1st Quarter comparisons
Total number of quakes:
2010- 3,631 (55 1st Q)
2009- 3,997 (32 1St Q)
2008- 7,315 (49 1st Q)
2007- 6,583 (38 1st Q)
2006- 6,432 (31 1st Q)
The above information is interesting, because it shows quite a decrease in the number of quakes in the first quarter since 2006. However, when looking at all of the 1st quarter data, there's clearly an increase in magnitude and the number of higher mag quakes (and obviously where they're occuring is changing)