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Timeseries of earthquakes with M = 5 or greater (2011)

by sfc32 on 2/6/23, 7:17 PM with 12 comments

• by bob1029 on 2/6/23, 7:25 PM

  Perhaps we simply got better at detection?

  > Modern recording equipment has been in use since about 1900.

  What is the difference in sensitivity between a seismometer made in ~1900 vs 2023?

• by GianFabien on 2/7/23, 12:17 AM

  In light of the current earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, it would be great to see a similar graph to 2022 at least. Why stop as at 11 years ago?

• by sfc32 on 2/6/23, 7:17 PM

  Frequency of serious earthquakes seems to be increasing.