In a word, no.
Solar flares have no means to influence the Earth directly, the hazards they pose start way up above your head in the magnetosphere. If there were no magnetosphere 'shield' you'd get a radiation risk, but no risk of Earthquakes - as the name suggests, the Earth is to blame for Earthquakes.
Has it been a bad year, I wouldn't say so. I'm sure someone posted from statistics on large Earthquakes here recently, some years you get loads, the next year you don't, it's just the way it is. The amount of attention an event gets can skew perceptions of whether it's been a bad year or not. Japan gets attention for being a massive quake, whereas the large enough quake in New Zealand is arguably already forgotten about, and I could say the same for Haiti - you'd only remember it took place if you were reminded of it by someone, or had a direct link to it.
jewels (guest) 15 Mar 2011 21:32