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Do many earthquakes occur

Updated: 8/17/2019
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On average, there are roughly 20,000 - 30,000 recorded earthquakes every year.

The USGS estimates that several million earthquakes occur in the world each year but many go undetected because they hit remote areas or have very small magnitudes.

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