Earthquakes?

Question

How many earthquakes were there in the USA in 2005? Its for a project...I have looked EVERYWHERE and found nothing....

Help, please! Its due tomorrow!

Answer 1

Well, I found this site:

http://www.terradaily.com/news/Earthquakes_Kill_Nearly_90_000_In_2005.html

which discusses "notable earthquakes" and has the following paragraph:

The USGS locates about 80 earthquakes each day or almost 29,000 a year. On average, there are 18 major earthquakes (magnitude 7.0 to 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or higher) each year worldwide. Several million earthquakes occur in the world each year, but many go undetected because they occur in remote areas or have very small magnitudes. In the U.S., earthquakes pose significant risk to 75 million people in 39 States.

The article names various entities whose responsibilities are to monitor earthquakes, such as: U.S.Geological Survey (USGS), National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).

It also says that the USGS is "the only agency in the Government that provides this service nationwide."

Looks like your best bet is to investigate that agency if the article itself is not sufficient for you.

This site: http://www.usgs.gov/

is the Homepage of that USGS agency...

Answer 2

There's really no good answer to the question, because there were almost literally countless earthquakes. Small tremors (too weak to be felt) occur almost constantly in most of the western United States. I'd suggest you search Google for something like "major earthquake usa 2005", with "major" being an important part of the search.

Answer 3

Check out government agencies that deal with earthquakes. Also, the International Tsunami Warning System (ITWS) might be a good starting point.

Answer 4

What about FEMA or the national weather service website?

Answer 5

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.h

Answer 6

Maybe this one helps, All i got

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/