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USA Today reported that Parkfield, California, is dubbed the world's earthquake capital because it sits on top of the notorious San Andreas fault. Since 1857, Parkfield has had a major earthquake on the average of 1.2 times every 22 years. Explain why a Poisson probability distribution would be a good choice for r = number of earthquakes in a given time interval.

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