Whyt have there been so many major earthquakes lately?

The amount of earthquakes currently isn't really something to give much thought to. This activity has been going on for many many years. The countries that are getting earthquakes, are on fault lines. They will get hit again and again. Yes the earthquake that happened recently in chile, and 8.8 is bad, but in 1960 they had a 9.5 magnitude quake. ref: (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php) The worst earthquake in recorded history happened in China 1556. It destroyed 520 miles of land, and killed about 820,000 people. (ref: http://scienceray.com/earth-sciences/geology/the-five-worst-killer-earthquakes-in-history/) The number of earthquakes reported is going up, because the number of recording equipment is going up. Earthquakes themselves are not increasing in activity.

I once heard that there are about an average of 15 earthquakes a day on earth, but it is so weak we can't feel it most of the times. It is a known fact that there are earthquakes that are the 'after' wave, and they happen after a big earthquake. Maybe the earthquake in Turkey was the 'after' wave of chille's? Maybe the earthquake we had here today, was the 'after' wave of Turkey's? I don't believe in 2012, but I believe it's a sign that we should make sure our homes are ready for a big earthquake.

I think there are always plenty of them, but most of them are small and we don't hear much. When there is a large one, they report all of them.

2012 is only a fiction, what we should be concerned about is the what God had said in His word about earthquakes in divers places, it is one of the signs that the world to coming to an end soon. Mark 13:8.