Animation of where the largest earthquakes of the past 100 years have struck

The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that millions of earthquakes occur every year, but only one of them will be a "great earthquake" — that is, one with a magnitude of 8.0 or above. Here are where all the "great earthquakes" since 1900 have struck.

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