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2023-03-09 02:17:23 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B8994860E462F1A94C71F3FF7083F5A7415D66AE65A62452736A54150C709437
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Anyone can look up in publicly available earthquake data to see that this is not true, aside from aftershocks. M>7 earthquake catalog of the past two decades: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-87.74251,-157.5&extent=87.71464,517.5&range=search&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%222003-03-08%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222023-03-08%2023:59:59%22,%22minmagnitude%22:7,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D More information: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-are-we-having-so-many-earthquakes-has-naturally-occurring-earthquake-activity-been https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/fact-sheet/how_often_do_earthquakes_occur Reporting on user's history of pseudoscience claims regarding earthquakes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-you-predict-an-earthquake/ https://www.npr.org/2023/02/07/1154893886/earthquake-prediction-turkey-usgs
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