Animated map shows where the largest earthquakes of the past 100 years have struck

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The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that millions of earthquakes occur every year, but only one of them will be a "great earthquake" - that is, one with a magnitude of 8.0 or above. Here are where all the "great earthquakes" since 1900 have struck.

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