Earthquakes

It seems like there are more large earthquakes this year.  It's something that I've been paying attention to since hearing about predictions for Earth changes from people like Gordon Michael Scallion beginning in the early 90s.  One of the things that is supposed to be the precursor is earthquakes. I've read in books by Graham Hancock that in ancient history that the Earth's crust slipped.  I didn't even realize that was possible.  With all of the 2012 predictions, it makes you think about things.  How catastrophic would it be if our crust just slipped and moved?!
The 8.8 earthquake in Chile on February 27, 2010 was large enough that it moved the Earth on its axis by 3 inches and slowed the Earth rotation by 1.26 microseconds.
We've had what seems like so many large quakes since the one in Haiti that all of those predictions about Earth changes are on my mind.  It may just be that its getting better new coverage because of the devastation in Haiti.