(above 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://www.ssn.unam.mx/

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/