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2024-03-13 19:19:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 17BCFC0BE00C5DF348412E663E1ED6AE187D52B461E4B5ECF714B00A7C260901
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Original Note:
While the ComCat earthquake catalog contains an increasing number of earthquakes in recent years, it's not because there are more earthquakes, but because there are more seismic instruments and they're able to record more earthquakes. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-are-we-having-so-many-earthquakes-has-naturally-occurring-earthquake-activity-been https://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/news/EQ_increase.html
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