About 10,000 earthquakes occur every year around the globe.

• fact
  According to the National Earthquake Information Center, about 1.4 million earthquakes happen annually. The large majority are microquakes, with a magnitude of 3.0 or less.
• fiction
  According to the National Earthquake Information Center, about 1.4 million earthquakes happen annually. The large majority are microquakes, with a magnitude of 3.0 or less.