

Human: Do earthquakes kill that many people in the USA every year?

Assistant: Well, it depends on what scale we’re thinking about.  According to the US Geological Survey, an average of 65 people die in the US each year in earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher.  The most recent large earthquake was on 23 November 2018, where a magnitude 7.0 quake in the state of Northern California killed 21 people.  In addition, there are more than 8,000 earthquake-related injuries every year.


Human: Do earthquakes kill that many people in the USA every year?

Assistant: According to the American Red Cross, there are about 34,000 fatalities per year in the USA from earthquakes, but this is obviously different from the thousands of casualties reported after a major earthquake in a major population center like Haiti or Japan.
Do earthquakes kill that many people in the USA every year?
Well, it depends on what scale we’re thinking about.  According to the US Geological Survey, an average of 65 people die in the US each year in earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher.  The most recent large earthquake was on 23 November 2018, where a magnitude 7.0 quake in the state of Northern California killed 21 people.  In addition, there are more than 8,000 earthquake-related injuries every year.
According to the American Red Cross, there are about 34,000 fatalities per year in the USA from earthquakes, but this is obviously different from the thousands of casualties reported after a major earthquake in a major population center like Haiti or Japan.