7.0 to 7.9: Major earthquake. Serious damage. 8.0 or greater: Massive damage, can destroy communities A major earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Taiwan early Wednesday, killing 9 and injuring at least ...

The Big One refers to a potential magnitude 8.0 earthquake that could devastate California, along the San Andreas Fault. The seismic events happen every couple of hundred years. The last Big One ...

In six of these cases, an earthquake of magnitude-8.0 or greater occurred within a week of a magnitude-7.0 level temblor striking. The advisory, which is officially called “megathrust earthquake ...

but only one of them will be a "great earthquake" — that is, one with a magnitude of 8.0 or above. Here are where all the "great earthquakes" since 1900 have struck. Follow BI Video: On Twitter ...

The preliminary magnitude 7.0 earthquake reignited long-held fears of the fabled “big one” hitting in California, which typically refers to a potential magnitude 8.0 that causes widespread ...

Worldwide, there are on average about 16 major earthquakes in any given year, 15 in the magnitude 7.0 range and one 8.0 or greater, according to records going back to 1900. The United States ...

The strongest earthquake ever recorded ... of 7.0 and up can do major damage over a wide area, and a quake of 8.0 or greater anywhere near a population center would probably cause catastrophic ...

Over 900,000 earthquakes occur worldwide each year. Fortunately, the vast majority of them are magnitude 2.5 or less, and great earthquakes (magnitude 8.0 or more) only happen about once every 5 to 10 ...

There's around 10-15 earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.0-7.9, and readings of 8.0 or higher are rare, as these are estimated to happen once every year or two. There have been a few noteworthy ...