1. Most earthquakes tend to happen along the Pacific Ocean.
2. I think that is because if the fracture in the earth is ruptured it will cause a bigger effect on the surrounding area.
3. This area is called “the ring of fire”.
4. The earthquake closest to us happened in southeastern Missouri.
5. An earthquake that happened in the last seven days would be the one that happened in southeastern Missouri on September 3, 2008. It had a magnitude 2.7 and it was in depth 9.4 kilometers (km).