Which statement about earthquakes is accurate select the two correct answers more than 1 billion earthquakes happen per year a few hundred earthquakes per year are strong enough to be detected by instruments most earthquakes are not strong enough to be felt by humans fewer than 100,000 earthquakes happen per year about 100 earthquakes per year are strong enough to cause damage

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The two accurate statements about earthquakes are:

  1. Most earthquakes are not strong enough to be felt by humans.
  2. About 100 earthquakes per year are strong enough to cause damage.

The other statements either exaggerate the number of earthquakes or underestimate the detectable ones.