Earthquake Facts and Statistics

1. On an average more than 14000 earthquakes, of magnitude 4.0 and more, occur every year.
2. In last decade (2003-2012) there were an estimated ~790000 deaths due to earthquake.
3. Highest casualty in an recorded earthquake was on January 12, 2010 in Haiti, when around 316000 people were killed in an earthquake of magnitude 7.0.
4. Largest recorded earthquake in magnitude was one with magnitude 9.5 in Chile on May 22, 1960.
5. An earth quake of magnitude 6.0 is 10 times bigger as compared to that of 5.0. And an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 is 100 times bigger as compared to that of 5.0. The magnitude scale is logarithmic.
6. Real time earthquake map can be found at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/.

(Reference: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php)