[dirtboy]

From your science20 link:

So, has there been a spike up in major earthquakes over the last decade? No.

Thanks for confirming what I already understood to be the case.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

And from my third link:

...number of 7.0 or higher magnitude quakes increased to 22.

Less then three months into the year 2011, we have already seen 18 significant earthquake events. Of that 18 and including the recent earthquake in Japan, 6 have been classified as 7.0 or higher..

Although there has been an obvious increase in the number of 7.0+ magnitude earthquakes over the last three years, the steady increase in the intensity of 8.0 or higher quakes and the effects they are having on the earth is even more frightening.

So, like I said, earthquakes, especially those in the higher magnitude, are increasing.