Quake activity is about normal, I'd say. And all the quakes happened in places with a long history of tectonic activity.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/r...es_big.php
I've been monitoring the site above for a couple of years. That page monitors only tectonic activity above 5.0...but if you dig further into the site, you can pull up historical data for quakes ranging from 1.0-9.0. And there are hundreds of them...on a good day there is over 100 quakes/tremors a day worldwide.
Actually 2011 to date is trending lower than previous years (scroll down a bit to the world chart)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/e...qstats.php
As far as the solar activity. Considering we've only been monitoring it for a relatively short time...how can anyone come to any conclusions based on less than 100 years of close observation?
Richard
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/r...es_big.php
I've been monitoring the site above for a couple of years. That page monitors only tectonic activity above 5.0...but if you dig further into the site, you can pull up historical data for quakes ranging from 1.0-9.0. And there are hundreds of them...on a good day there is over 100 quakes/tremors a day worldwide.
Actually 2011 to date is trending lower than previous years (scroll down a bit to the world chart)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/e...qstats.php
As far as the solar activity. Considering we've only been monitoring it for a relatively short time...how can anyone come to any conclusions based on less than 100 years of close observation?
Richard