2018 recorded the third lowest total this century for major quakes (Mag 6 or higher) with 134 and 17 of them Mag 7 or higher a mag 8.2 Fiji was the biggest

Graph Gary Walton:

Above 134 major quakes (mag 6 or higher) with 17 of them mag 7 or higher were recorded in 2018 which is the third lowest this century after 2017-111 and 2012 with 133, the highest total ever recorded in one year was 2011, the year of the Fukushima disaster when 208 major quakes rocked our planet, 2007 recorded 201, see below.

Graph Gary Walton
All data are taken from USGS

Graph Gary Walton

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