The year 2010 was a big one for major earthquakes: Haiti (M 7.0), Chile (M 8.8), Turkey (M 6.1), and New Zealand (M 7.1). With so many major earthquakes in a short time, many people began to wonder about the status of the planet
One major author (name withheld for privacy) even got on TV and stated that these earthquakes were related and were triggering each other. Was this author correct? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: No, the author was not correct. The foci were on different faults and different plate boundaries.
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