2014 Earthquakes

[JoyfulFleur]

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows." - Mark 13:8

"And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven." - Luke 21:11




A 5.6 Earthquake Rocks Limon, Heredia, and Cartago | The Costa Rica News
Guatemala Earthquake Today 2014: Terremoto Also Hits Chile, Ecuador
Alaska Earthquake Today 2014: 5.7 Strikes Near Noatak
Two 3.0 Magnitude Earthquakes Reported Near Medford - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com |
Moderate 5.6 quake hits Japan's north | World | Dunya News
Guatemala Earthquake Today 2014: 5.0 Terremoto Strikes Near the Coast
Earthquake jolts northern Iran - Trend.Az
Greece Earthquake Today 2014 Strikes East of Athens
North Carolina Earthquake Today 2014 Strikes Blowing Rock
2 consecutive quakes hit Vietnam’s hydropower plant
Philippines Earthquake Today 2014 Strikes Placer
Magnitude 4.5 quake jolts Surigao del Norte | Inquirer News
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Japan’s island of Honsu, no tsunami threat
Italy Earthquake Today 2014: Terremoto Strikes Italia, North of Calabria
3.8 magnitude earthquake recorded at Fairfield Bay - KTBS.com - Shreveport, LA News, Weather and Sports
Quake shakes people awake in southeast Alaska - seattlepi.com
Magnitude-4.2 earthquake hits near westwood california
Strong quake strikes off Mexico—USGS | Inquirer News
Welcome To IANS Live - INTERNATIONAL - 43 injured in China quake
New Zealand Earthquake Today 2014 Strikes East of Wellington
Earthquake Rattles Greece, Turkey - TIME
6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Odisha coast - Hindustan Times
6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Aceh: USGS | The Jakarta Globe

those are only a few that have recently happened, and most happened just this June!!

Fellow Christians, we need to constantly be praying for the world.

 

[Drett]

These events could play out for hundreds of years. When the financial system of the US collapses, Israel starts to show its military might with its neighbours and the lake of Galilee goes dry then you know it is very close. If an army gets swallowed up in a sink hole then batten down the hatches.

 

[p_rehbein]

I agree that we should always pray for the world, for each other, shoot............just PRAY!

But, goodness, earthquakes have been around for a really, really loooooooonnnnnnngggggggggg time.......just saying

Every mountain we see on earth was raised by a "quaking"

 

[crossnote]

The fact is that they have been intensifying in the past 20 years.

 

[Nautilus]

I don't think thats a statistical increase in yearly earthquakes though. They are a lot more common than you see reported in the news. And a lot doesn't have to do with them intensifying but rather better technology to detect them globally.

But if people are intent on saying its a sign of the end times, you can go with that if you like.

 

[Nautilus]

It is estimated that around 500,000 earthquakes occur each year, detectable with current instrumentation. About 100,000 of these can be felt.[SUP][29][/SUP][SUP][30][/SUP] Minor earthquakes occur nearly constantly around the world in places like California and Alaska in the U.S., as well as in El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Chile, Peru, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, the Azoresin Portugal, Turkey, New Zealand, Greece, Italy, India and Japan, but earthquakes can occur almost anywhere, including New York City, London, and Australia.[SUP][31][/SUP] Larger earthquakes occur less frequently, the relationship being exponential; for example, roughly ten times as many earthquakes larger than magnitude 4 occur in a particular time period than earthquakes larger than magnitude 5. In the (low seismicity) United Kingdom, for example, it has been calculated that the average recurrences are: an earthquake of 3.7–4.6 every year, an earthquake of 4.7–5.5 every 10 years, and an earthquake of 5.6 or larger every 100 years.[SUP][32][/SUP] This is an example of the Gutenberg–Richter law.
The number of seismic stations has increased from about 350 in 1931 to many thousands today. As a result, many more earthquakes are reported than in the past, but this is because of the vast improvement in instrumentation, rather than an increase in the number of earthquakes. The United States Geological Survey estimates that, since 1900, there have been an average of 18 major earthquakes (magnitude 7.0–7.9) and one great earthquake (magnitude 8.0 or greater) per year, and that this average has been relatively stable.[SUP][34][/SUP]In recent years, the number of major earthquakes per year has decreased, though this is probably a statistical fluctuation rather than a systematic trend.[SUP][35][/SUP] More detailed statistics on the size and frequency of earthquakes is available from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).[SUP][36][/SUP] A recent increase in the number of major earthquakes has been noted, which could be explained by a cyclical pattern of periods of intense tectonic activity, interspersed with longer periods of low-intensity. However, accurate recordings of earthquakes only began in the early 1900s, so it is too early to categorically state that this is the case.[SUP][37][/SUP]
Most of the world's earthquakes (90%, and 81% of the largest) take place in the 40,000 km long, horseshoe-shaped zone called the circum-Pacific seismic belt, known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, which for the most part bounds the Pacific Plate.[SUP][38][/SUP][SUP][39][/SUP] Massive earthquakes tend to occur along other plate boundaries, too, such as along the Himalayan Mountains.[SUP][40][/SUP]
With the rapid growth of mega-cities such as Mexico City, Tokyo and Tehran, in areas of high seismic risk, some seismologists are warning that a single quake may claim the lives of up to 3 million people.[SUP][41][/SUP]