The Recent Earthquake in China.?

Question

Does anybody know how long the earthquake in china went on for?

Answer 1

too long

Answer 2

i heard like 3 minutes

Answer 3

when I checked the USGS earlier today, I did not check for that, but did note that there were at least 18 major aftershocks. (That was at about 2pm EDT in the USA)

here is the USGS earthquake main page. You can find out info here

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Answer 4

According to the United States Geological Survey, more than three million earthquakes occur every year. That's about 8,000 a day, or one every 11 seconds.