This time period also has seen unusually strong and frequent solar activity, as well as atypical weather patterns.

Strikingly anomalous are the two earthquake "clusters": the four on September 26-27 in Japan and Central Asia, with intensities of 8.2 and 6.9-8.5, respectively; and the November 17 "cluster" of nine 7.3-7.9 earthquakes in the Aleutian Islands area.

Geologists consider the normal frequency of 7.0 to 7.9 earthquakes to be 20 per year, but earthquakes of 8.0 or greater normally occur only once every five to ten years.

These earthquakes were relatively low profile because of their remoteness and the surprisingly small number of casualties and destruction that resulted.

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