[CyberAnt]

If you have evidence which you can produce that says that 200 earthquakes in a year for the Pacific Rim is not unusual - please produce it!

[GVnana]

If you have evidence which you can produce that says that 200 earthquakes in a year for the Pacific Rim is not unusual - please produce it!

Ever looked on Drudge quake sheet? Probably have had 200 in the last month in CA. Most are never felt. This would be a good time for you to get better informed about earthquakes. Check out the USGS.

[handy old one]

http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/7up.html

[Strategerist]

It's YOUR responsibility to prove it's unusual, not my responsibility to prove it isn't.

But, anyway....

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.html

Shows quake activity worldwide this year was perfectly normal. It doesn't break it down specifically to the Pacific Rim, but most quakes are always on the Pacific Rim.

Again, what gives you the idea that that many quakes (and it's actually a LOT more than "200 quakes" if you count all detected quakes it's into the many thousands) in the Pacific Rim is unusual? Some Apocalyptikook site?

[GVnana]

Check out the link in post #26. USGS has recorded 14 so far today.

[Jemian]

I'm sorry I can't give you print documentation, but in the fall of 2001, I visited the deprtment of Meteorology and Geophysics in Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. There are three plates which come together in that area. The officials there told me that the area alone gets over 50 small earthquakes every day. That is one small area of the Pacific Rim. If anything, an annual number of 200 for the entire rim is way too low.