There are about 152 earthquakes of magnitude >6 each year. That averages out to about one every 2.5 days. So far this year there have been 60 earthquakes with

There are about 152 earthquakes of magnitude >6 each year. That averages out to about one every 2.5 days. So far this year there have been 60 earthquakes with a magnitude >6. It doesn't look to me that anything unusual is going on. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqsta... EDIT: It just occurred to me that perhaps the media is just reporting on earthquakes more? Remember "shark summer" a few years ago?