Can earthquake storms only happen along fault lines?
The most well known earthquake storm track is along the North Anatolian fault in Turkey where a series of earthquakes migrated along the fault in a westerly direction. There have been other known examples where earthquakes have triggered other earthquakes on different, nearby faults. What is the difference between an aftershock and an earthquake storm? All major earthquakes are followed by a series of aftershocks. These are smaller tremors that follow a main event. A series of aftershocks following a large earthquake is not considered to be a storm. An earthquake storm is when large independent earthquakes are triggered over long distances and over long periods of time. However aftershocks have helped scientists identify the mechanism which triggers an earthquake storm and have given them a clearer understanding of how the transfer of stress along a fault takes place. How many people die a year in earthquakes? There is no definitive figure for this but every year earthquakes can kill m
