Thursday, May 14, 2009

Kentucky environmental attorney Sanders says 88,070 people died in 2008 from earthquakes around the world.

About 88,070 deaths resulted from earthquake activity worldwide during 2008, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and confirmed by the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The number of earthquake-related fatalities across the world was much higher in 2008 than in recent years. In fact, earthquakes in 2008 caused the greatest the largest number of deaths in a year since 2004.

Fortunately, no fatalities occurred in the United States from earthquakes in 2008.