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Unlike an earthquake, scientists can track and predict a hurricane as it begins to develop as they take days to form. Earthquakes, by contrast, strike suddenly and without warning rarely lasting much longer than a minute. The only means of earthquake prediction we have involves risk assessment on a long term basis, for example estimating tha chances of a given area having a major earthquake in the next 50 years.

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Popular opinion might have you think that tornadoes and/or hurricanes might increase in frequency or intensity due to global warming. It is based on the logic that a warmer atmosphere means more energy is available for storms. This is a gross oversimplification. Both tornadoes and hurricanes are influenced by many complex factors, and the specific effects of global warming will vary by region. Such storms may become more common in one region but less common in another. Some models, for example, suggest that Atlantic hurricanes will become less common, but those that do occur will be stronger on average. There is no simple answer. Earthquakes and tsunamis are unlikely to be affected in any noticeable way.


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The frequency of earthquakes depends on the location. in Japan, earthquakes occur 3 times a month, and in the Sahara in Africa they occur once in five years..


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Have a crack at the map of Hurricane frequency in the Wikipedia article on Hurricanes, and you'll see that for severe hurricanes, southern Japan probably suffers more - but not as much as the South China Sea.

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