Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

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Earthquakes Fast Facts. By CNN Newssource. February 14, 2024 12:22 PM. Published March 10, 2025 2:00 PM . CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at ...

March 25, 2002 - Another earthquake in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, this one a magnitude 6.1, kills 1,000 people. June 22, 2002 - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes western Iran, killing ...

Oct. 10, 2005 — -- Seismologists, the scientists who study earthquakes, estimate that several million earthquakes occur each year. Only a handful cause major damage, as the one that struck ...

May 12, 2008 – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake strikes in central China, killing more than 87,000 people. October 28, 2008 – A 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan, killing an estimated 166 ...

5. Earthquakes Are Not Affected By Weather – Lots of kids who live in cold places look forward to blizzards and huge snow storms because they know school will be closed when the snow starts ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in ...

Quick facts about earthquakes. Where the most earthquakes happen: The Pacific "Ring of Fire," where many tectonic plates meet The biggest earthquake ever recorded: A magnitude 9.5 earthquake in ...

Here’s a look at earthquakes worldwide. The US Geological Survey describes an earthquake as “the ground shaking caused by a sudden slip on a fault. Stresses in the earth’s outer layer push ...