How many 6.5 or above earthquakes August 3 - August 9?

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Market context

The relevant event is whether the world records enough earthquakes of **magnitude 6.5 or higher** in the seven-day window from 3 to 9 August, using the USGS search result as the settlement source. The market is already priced as a near-certainty at **96% YES**, which fits a setting where one qualifying quake is common enough that the real debate is usually about the count, not whether the threshold is reached at all.[6][8]

Recent 2026 seismic history suggests this is a live but not extreme bar: the year has already produced multiple major events above 6.5, including a 7.8 offshore Mindanao shock and several 6.6–6.9 quakes in places such as Japan, Kamchatka and Indonesia.[9][12] More broadly, the USGS 2026 world catalogue shows a steady stream of M6+ activity, while the current weekly map still lists hundreds of earthquakes globally, underscoring that the background rate remains high even when no headline-making megaquake is underway.[6][14]

For traders, the key catalyst is simply whether the USGS posts any late-arriving event that falls inside the market window but has not yet appeared on the search page, because the contract can remain open until 12 August if a substantial quake is still being incorporated.[7] The most useful watchpoints are the USGS event feed and any rapid revisions to magnitude or timing, since borderline cases near 6.5 can move the count from one bracket to another.[8] As a short-term sanity check, third-party daily round-ups on 9 August reported no quakes of magnitude 6 or higher in the preceding 24 hours, which makes the final outcome dependent on whether earlier in-window events were already captured by USGS rather than on late-day global activity alone.[4]

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Methodology

Football-specific comparison page for How many 6.5 or above earthquakes August 3 - August 9?. Polymarket's live quote (Polygon order book) plus platform attributes for the three reference venues. Sports markets reward liquidity — Polymarket and Betfair are materially deeper than Kalshi (US-focused) or Manifold (play-money).

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Sports markets typically settle on official final-whistle plus league confirmation. Polymarket uses UMA Optimistic Oracle with a source URL per contract — usually official league data feeds or ESPN/Soccerway. Two-hour dispute window, then smart-contract payout in USDC.

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