List of significant earthquakes so far in 2010

I don't have a context for these, such as, if the list is longer or shorter than other years. I think it is longer due to the information below. The USGS list titled "2010 Significant Earthquake and News Headlines Archive" posted below contains not only large magnitude earthquakes but significant ones like the Utah quake because it is on the Yellowstone supervolcano. Since 1900, an average of 16 magnitude 7 or greater earthquakes — the size that seismologists define as major — have occurred worldwide each year. The list below contains nine already. (I counted the 6.9's, I suspect the USGS downgrades them below 7.0). And we are only in the first quarter of the year...

# Magnitude 4.9 UTAH April 15, 2010
# Magnitude 6.9 SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA April 13, 2010
# Magnitude 6.3 SPAIN April 11, 2010
# Magnitude 6.8 SOLOMON ISLANDS April 11, 2010
# Magnitude 7.7 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA April 06, 2010
# Magnitude 7.2 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO April 04, 2010
# Magnitude 4.4 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA March 16, 2010
# Magnitude 6.7 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE March 16, 2010
# Magnitude 6.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN March 14, 2010
# Magnitude 6.9 LIBERTADOR O HIGGINS, CHILE March 11, 2010
# Magnitude 6.1 EASTERN TURKEY March 08, 2010
# Magnitude 6.8 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA March 05, 2010
# Magnitude 6.6 OFFSHORE BIO-BIO, CHILE March 05, 2010
# Magnitude 8.8 OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE February 27, 2010
# Magnitude 7.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN February 26, 2010
# Magnitude 6.9 CHINA-RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA BORDER REGION February 18, 2010
# Magnitude 3.8 ILLINOIS February 10, 2010
# Magnitude 5.9 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA February 04, 2010
# Magnitude 6.2 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA February 01, 2010
# Magnitude 5.9 HAITI REGION January 20, 2010
# Magnitude 4.0 OKLAHOMA January 15, 2010
# Magnitude 7.0 HAITI REGION January 12, 2010
# Magnitude 6.5 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA January 10, 2010
# Magnitude 4.1 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA January 07, 2010
# Magnitude 6.8 SOLOMON ISLANDS January 05, 2010
# Magnitude 7.1 SOLOMON ISLANDS January 03, 2010
# Magnitude 6.6 SOLOMON ISLANDS January 03, 2010