Number of earthquakes in the United States by magnitude 2012

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 3, 2013
This statistic shows the number of earthquakes in the United States in 2012, by magnitude. In 2012, 1,236 earthquakes with a Richter magnitude scale between 3.0 and 3.9 were recorded in the United States.

Number of earthquakes in the United States in 2012, by magnitude

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September 2013

Region

United States

Survey time period

2012

Supplementary notes


Number of earthquakes in the U.S. in 2012 in total: 3,836.
The expression "Richter magnitude scale" refers to a number of ways to assign a single number to quantify the energy contained in an earthquake. In all cases, the magnitude is a base-10 logarithmic scale obtained by calculating the logarithm of the amplitude of waves measured by a seismograph. An earthquake that measures 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger and corresponds to an energy release of v1000 ˜ 31.6 times greater than one that measures 4.0.

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