Stories of extremely strong earthquakes continue to dominate headlines around the world. The latest one striking off Japan's northern coast late Monday night local time, at a magnitude of 7.6.

Is this a more seismically active year?

Host Richard Southern speaks to Katsu Goda, associate professor at the University of Western Ontario to find out.

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