Assumption that the occurrences of earthquakes

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Is the following set of data from Southern California consistent with the assumption that the occurrences of earthquakes (of magnitude greater than 3.0) are Poisson arrivals? That is, is the number per year in this region Poisson-distributed? (Consider using a normal approximation to the Poisson distribution.) Use probability paper, and a graphical (10 percent level) Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.

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