Comments on: Have there really been more earthquakes than average?

By: ANO

ANO — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:15:40 +0000

anyone wanna look at the numbers again…. i think it would be a good idea…. jus sayin…. how about an update.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:09:11 +0000

The two +8′s off N.Sumatra followed in less than 24 hours by three in the 6-7 range. That’s gonna skew the graphs somewhat isn’t it. Surely.

Unprecedented EQ action over the past 24 hours. Even I being quite the skeptic and going into my kitchen shortly to fabricate myself a tin foil hat just in case.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:35:12 +0000

Fist of all I enjoyed this post a lot and searched for it because we had to earthquakes here in northern Italy in the past week.
I’m a nobody and know nothing about anything to do with earthquakes. I love statistics though and find it almost amusing how anyone can say there are more earthquakes than usual. The earth is like a zillion years old and to have records from 1900 till now statistically seen is probably like a milli second. You can’t really claim anything at all. Maybe it’s normal for us to get struck every 50 million years and have it cause an Ice age? Maybe it’s not an average now but it could be once it’s happened 4 or 5 times, who knows.
Then to say something like god said that there will be lots of earthquakes at the end is a pretty likely assumption whether there is a god or not because even I, the person who is nothing and knows nothing can make a wild guess that at the end of something as big as the planet earth, there shall be a few disruptions!
Toilets have only been around for a few years theoretically and before that we threw it on the street! We have only just started to measure and record, we all know nothing about anything really. We drink Coke and judge food by it’s packaging knowing nothing about what’s really in it! We buy Sneakers probably made by kids in China and dont really care and what would happen to those poor kids anyway if they had no work!
What I’m trying to say is, truthfully we know very little, we’re still all idiots and it’s true. SO the question are there more earthquakes than usual can only be answered with, since 1900 no! but what the average is we’ll never know. If there are more than usual, can we change it? No! Unfortunately we can’t and we can’t change anything because we all live our own lives and most of us humans shall never ever ask themselves “Are there” “Is There” “Are we” because they rely on what the news tells them and that’s enough.
It all boils down to marketing for the most of us, I mean the US is the 4th most dangerous place to live on this planet. But we don’t see that in Baywatch and millions of people want to live there because it’s awesome! Truth is it’s a big dam mess you have 5 billion gangsters that have been expanding from state to state and kill and cause trouble but as long as you don’t have to live there it doesn’t exist in your reality and also not in mine. So I think I’ve answered my question for myself. It really doesn’t even matter if there are more earthquakes, it also doesn’t matter if the weather is worse than usual, neither does it really matter about that kid who made my sneakers in China. What’s important is the people around you who need help, how can we make them think for themselves so they also can think up useless things and be part of fun discussions like this one.

By: greg

greg — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:39:31 +0000

I know this is an older post… but… 1) we have more instant media coverage, so we see more of it… 2) the world population is increasing so more people are affected by such events.

By: Mimi K

Mimi K — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:15:24 +0000

What about 2011 so far ?? and do you factor in the Tsunami’s that have been happening in recent years? I mean i dont think we ever heard about Tsunami’s up until the 2006 boxing day incident in Asia!
Would love to have your input about this because i am one of those” worried” people thats beginning to think nature is lashing back at us

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:33:37 +0000

Wow. There’s a lot going on there.

Dave–awesome page. Thanks for doing the work.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 19:56:14 +0000

hey…SO WHAT DO YOU RATE ABOUT THE ONE IN JAPAN NOW..
you said just over a week before the quake hit…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:32:31 +0000

Sigh.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:25:15 +0000

For those wondering, I’ve posted an update on 2010 numbers right here:
http://daveschumaker.net/earthquakes-in-2010-a-final-update/

By: Nick Javens

Nick Javens — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:23:35 +0000

Thanks for the info, very interesting, but looking back on 2010 now, what are your conclusions?!