The 8.8 magnitude megathrust in Chile this past weekend which arrived just weeks after powerful tremors in Japan and Haiti has people wondering what’s going on and if there’s a connection between these earthquakes.\u00a0 In fact, the earth is constantly on the move: \u00a0in the last 8 to 30 days, more than 400 earthquakes have been recorded.<\/p>\n
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado tells Fox News\u00a0that the quake this weekend in Chile was actually 500 times more powerful than Haiti, however we didn’t see the kind of destruction as Haiti, because it didn’t hit as close to the surface.\u00a0 Chile is also better prepared structurally due the fact the country experiences earthquakes more often.<\/p>\n
USGS Seismologist Dr. Paul Earle says, “in a given year you get about 18 earthquakes that are magnitude 7 and larger. \u00a0Unfortunately, this year we have had these large earthquakes impacting populated areas… There’s potentially more earthquakes however we statistically have not seen an increase in earthquake activity over recent times.”<\/p>\n
USGS has a thousand stations tracking earthquakes all over the world.\u00a0 USGS Seismologist Harley Benz says the quicker his teams can pinpoint location, magnitude and then an impact assessment, the data gives aid agencies what’s needed to quickly assess what they’re going to need to start their whole relief process.<\/p>\n
More information about earthquakes can be found at this link: \u00a0http:\/\/www.earthquake.usgs.gov\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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