1980 Happiness-How To Find It!--PDF BM=Bookmarked S=Searchable R=Reduced from 61-MB to 24-MB What does the front cover of this book look like? Click here: http://www.imagger.com/view/184838_cover0001.jpg.html (Credit goes to jwfacts) Whilst ongoing research and data collection on historical earthquakes has increased known earthquakes and fatalities, the Watchtower Society has managed to decrease the fatalities it claims occurred prior to 1914. Statistics from the following magazines show the trend.
| Source | Claimed deaths per annum prior to 1914 | Claimed deaths per annum since 1914 |
| Watchtower 1951 April 1 p. 202 | 4,000 | 40,000 |
| Awake! 1961 February 22 p.7 | NA | 5,000 |
| Watchtower 1974 February 1 p.73 | 3,000 | 15,000 |
| Happiness How to Find It (1980) p.149 | 1,800 | 25,300 |
A box on p.149 of Happiness How to Find It claimed only 1,800 earthquake related deaths per year prior to 1914. The Watchtower Society apperas to have
created this figure from its own spurious claim of only 24 major earthquakes (1,973,000/1,059=1863). Due to the incomplete records prior to the 1900's figures vary as to what the true figure was. However, they generally show that many 10's of millions have died from earthquakes since Jesus time. In
Advancement in Science, June 1969 p.362 J.H. Latter estimates up to 1.5 million people died per century since 1,000 A.D., or around 15,000 per year, a figure very similar to that during the 20th century.
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