(below is a screenshot of the last 14 days of earthquakes globally recorded by the USGS 2.0 and greater)
Watch the video of the earthquake forecast here:
I have pulled the official numbers for magnitude 6.0 and greater earthquakes from the EMSC european agency:
Stats for the 6.0+ magnitude earthquakes come from the EMSC european agency- so far, this year:
1874 – 5.0 to 5.9 magnitude -
173 – 6.0 to 6.9 magnitude -
17 – 7.0 to 7.9 magnitude -
ONE 8.4 magnitude (libya) – link to video report here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPxxEGAzVEs
ONE 9.0 magnitude (japan)
Total large quakes 6.0M or greater = 192 so far (as of Oct. 25 2011).
Here are the official numbers from the USGS on what is considered “normal” number of large earthquakes:
Normal is 134 / yr (6.0M+) and 16 / yr (7.0M+)…
Earthquake Facts and Statistics
Frequency of Occurrence of Earthquakes
| Magnitude | Average Annually |
|---|---|
| 8 and higher | 1 ¹ |
| 7 – 7.9 | 15 ¹ |
| 6 – 6.9 | 134 ² |
| 5 – 5.9 | 1319 ² |
| 4 – 4.9 |
13,000
(estimated) |
| 3 – 3.9 |
130,000
(estimated) |
| 2 – 2.9 |
1,300,000
(estimated) |
¹ Based on observations since 1900.
These numbers have been recently updated, based on data from the Centennial catalog (from 1900 to 1999) and the PDE (since 2000).
² Based on observations since 1990.
link to official numbers: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php
here is the link to the EMSC so you can look up the earthquake stats if you wish: http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/?filter=yes
here are dozens of links to monitor the earthquake situation in several areas globally:
http://www.geology.ar.gov/geohazards/ark_seismic_network.htm
http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeWebCams.php?weather=true
http://bigthink.com/ideas/26619
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/LCSN/WebSeis/24hr_heli.pl?id=
http://seismologie.oma.be/index.php?LANG=NL&LEVEL=210
http://www.prsn.uprm.edu/lantex/
http://mbvrc.wwu.edu/index.shtml
http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/index-eng.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/trace_app.php?target=MNTQ.BHZ
http://www.ceme.gsras.ru/ccd.htm
http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html
http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/
http://www.knmi.nl/seismologie/aardbevingen-nederland.html
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mkta/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_bb_slu/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_nmad/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_athn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_lnxt/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mttn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_ceri/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_uky/
http://quake.crowe.co.nz/Mobile/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/
http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/webicorder/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml
http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/helicorder/heli.html
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml
http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/jsmap.php?key=1&typ=world
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/index.php
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/index.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-eng.php
http://www.goandroam.com/webcams/japan/mt_fuji
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/station/NQ079_NM_01/
http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps.htm
http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/BETTER/pnsn_staweb/index.html
http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/
http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu/earthworm/wavef_disp/current/welcome.html
http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php