Why are we having so many earth quakes?

Question

something strange is happing, i mean how many more earth quakes well there be this year, i know earth quakes are normal, but there like back to back. the most recent one, in colombia, i didnt know colombia could have earth quakes, well there be a reall big one coming soon.

Answer 1

i dunno its weird. probably global warming or something. that makes more natural disasters

Answer 2

Actually, there is no evidence that the Earth is experiencing more earthquakes or other natural disasters than usual.  We've just gotten better at detecting and reporting them.  

The Earth is much more crowded than it used to be.  People live where just a hundred years ago, nobody did.  News also travels very fast these days.  It used to take weeks and months, if ever, for news of natural disasters in remote places to reach more advanced countries.  Now, we don't have to wait for anything.  No matter how remote a place may be, we have sensors to tell us when something happens and planes to transport people there to report the news and take pictures, etc.  

Case in point - the New Madrid fault line that runs through Missouri and Tennessee.  There were several catastrophic earthquakes along that fault line in the early 1800's but very few people lived there then.  It's reported that the Mississippi ran backwards for several days!  If a major quake happened today, it would be as bad as the earthquake in China with many deaths and billions in damages.

See here for more information about New Madrid. http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center...

Answer 3

...the "end" of time is near...(Matthew, chapter 24...read the entire chapter...you will find your answer)...then too, December 21st 2012 is getting very very close..."game over"

Answer 4

1. Pacific Chain of fire volcanic activity.

2. Plate Tectonics.

3. Geophysical phenomena.

Answer 5

some shield are going under the platforms in the earth and this forces cause earthquake, some ground on the earth is hard ground and they can hold and transfer this force but the other (platforms) can not hold and transfer it and earthquake can be happpen

Answer 6

They aren't having any more earthquakes than any other time, it's just that our communication and detection systems have improved to such a point that we know about them happening all over the world and are able to alert people worldwide about something that wouldn't have been known by anyone besides locals who endured it a century ago.