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Do many small earthquakes prevent larger earthquakes?

April 26, 2017earthquakes larger small

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Do many small earthquakes prevent larger earthquakes?

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No. Observed numbers of small earthquakes are too few to equal the amount of energy released in one large earthquake. (It would take roughly 24 million earthquakes of magnitude 2 to release the same energy as one earthquake of magnitude 7.

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No. Observed numbers of small earthquakes are too few to equal the amount of energy released in one large earthquake.