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Millions of minor earthquakes occur every year worldwide, equating to hundreds every hour every day.<ref name="IRIS">{{cite web|title=How Often Do Earthquakes Occur|url=http://www.mgs.md.gov/seismic/education/no3.pdf}}</ref> On the other hand, earthquakes of magnitude ≥8.0 occur about once a year, on average.<ref name="IRIS" /> The largest recorded earthquake was the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|Great Chilean earthquake]] of May 22, 1960, which had a magnitude of 9.5 on the [[moment magnitude scale]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/10_largest_world.php |title=Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900 |date=30 November 2012 |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007163455/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/10_largest_world.php |archive-date=October 7, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
<reftremblor">{{cite web|access-date=15 September 2020|author=Kyodo|date=15 December 2012|publisher=The Japan Times|title=Magnitude 10 temblor could happen: study|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/12/15/national/magnitude-10-temblor-could-happen-study/}}</ref>
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