Global seismic activity has been quiet for major events since the M7.4 earthquake struck 126 km west-northwest of Ternate, Indonesia, on April 1, followed by tapering aftershocks, marking 15 days without another magnitude 7.0 or higher quake per USGS records. This pause follows a cluster of three M7+ events in late March (M7.5 Tonga, M7.3 Vanuatu, M7.3 near Luganville), consistent with the long-term worldwide average of about 15 such earthquakes annually along plate boundaries like the Pacific Ring of Fire. USGS's Advanced National Seismic System provides real-time global monitoring via thousands of seismometers, but short-term forecasting remains impossible due to the random nature of stress release on fault lines. Traders should watch daily USGS updates for any escalation in subduction zones such as Indonesia, Japan, or the Aleutians, as a single event anywhere resolves qualifying markets.