55 earthquakes happen in the world. small ones though.
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Earthquakes have been happening since shortly after earth's formation, and will continue to happen as long as earth exists. They can cause horrific damage and loss of life, but they are completely "natural" to the geology of earth.
You never know where the next earthquake will happen, it all depends on the tectonic plates. Tiny earthquakes happen every single day in countries near the plate borders, because the plates move at least 5 cm a year. I hope that answers your question!
It is estimated that about 30,000 earthquakes happen in California each year. However, many of these are much too small to even be noticed. Only about 15-20 earthquakes are 4.0 or higher in California annually.
Nobody knows, we can't predict earthquakes.
Probably the biggest problem with earthquakes is that they can't be predicted.