Well the only thing I'd say is that we haven't been recording the actual strength of quakes with instruments very long in the scheme of things. With such a short time record it is really hard to know what is "normal". The ring of fire seems pretty active lately though...
If by "lately" you mean "the last 50 million years."
There hasn't been a Magnitude 7.0+ quake for the entire month of January. Normally there are 18 of those a year, or more than 1 per month.