(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

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/

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.seis.com.au/

http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

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://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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://hawaii.wr.usgs.gov/

http://cnt.rm.ingv.it

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://tux.wr.usgs.gov/

http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu/earthworm/wavef_disp/current/welcome.html

http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php

http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm

http://www.fujigoko.tv/live/shotList.cgi

The cause for the Colorado earthquake swarm has been found  !

It is a frac (fracking) / drilling operation… spanning miles around the earthquake zone.. the earthquake epicenter — of ALL the recent quakes — rests inside this drilling area.

To be more precise.. it is a coal bed methane fracking operation:  here is the link to one of the local operators nearby:

XTO energy — Coal bed methane fracking

Here are the coordinates, so you can look it up on google earth to see how big this operation actually is :

37.145°N, 104.719°W

watch the video here:

About frac (fracking) :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

Magnitude	2.9
Date-Time	Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 22:29:42 UTC Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 04:29:42 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	37.145°N, 104.719°W
Depth	3.2 km (2.0 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region	COLORADO
Distances	19 km (11 miles) W of Trinidad, Colorado 37 km (22 miles) NW of Raton, New Mexico 52 km (32 miles) S of Walsenburg, Colorado 288 km (178 miles) S of DENVER, Colorado
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 5.5 km (3.4 miles); depth +/- 8.2 km (5.1 miles)
Parameters	NST= 17, Nph= 27, Dmin=3.3 km, Rmss=1.51 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=8
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)