In Such An Hour As This

Earth Quakes in Divers Places

Chaos ~ Destruction ~ Fear

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Today´s World

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There are many places in the Bible that speak about earthquakes. In fact, the end of this present age and the events before the final judgment are portrayed as coming after an increase in earthquakes on the earth.  

In the New Testament, earthquakes are mentioned as precursors of the events surrounding the Second Coming of Christ.  Zechariah 14:4-5 prophesies an endtime earthquake which will split the Mount of Olives in a north-south direction at the Second Coming.  Christ Himself declared that earthquakes would be in divers places.  Revelation 16:18 speaks of the coming great earthquake in connection with the pouring out of the seventh and last Bowl of Wrath upon end-time Babylon.

This generation is experiencing an end-time drama like none has ever seen.  The stage is set and the players are waiting in the wings.  Jesus is also waiting. Christians are waiting with anticipation, and in hushed silence, they keep their eyes wide open and their ears open, so they do not miss the silent catching away to glory. No one knows but God the Father, the day or the hour, when the Lord will appear.  But we have all confidence that one day, He will come ~ because He has promised. So, until that time, we need to be about our Father´s business. We also must wait, watch and be ready ~ for the coming of the Glorious Messiah!

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Then the sanctuary of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of His covenant was seen standing inside in His sanctuary; and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings (blasts, muttering) peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a terrific hailstorm.
(Rev. 11:19; 1 Kings 8:1-6)

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May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works ~  Who looks on the earth, and it quakes and trembles, Who touches the mountains, and they smoke!
(Psalm 104: 31-32)

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And there was trembling and panic in the Philistine camp, in the field, and among all the men; the garrison, and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked and it became a terror of God.
(1Samuel 14:15)

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The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaking violently. The earth shall stagger like a drunken man and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; its transgression shall lie heavily upon it, and it shall fall and not rise again.
(Isaiah 24: 19-20)

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The mountains tremble and quake before Him and the hills melt away, and the earth is upheaved at His presence ~ yes, the world and all that dwell therein.  Who can stand before His indignation? And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by Him.
(Nahum 1:5-6)

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According to the promise that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit stands and abides in the midst of you; fear not.  For thus says the Lord of hosts; yet once more, in a little while, I will shake and make to tremble the starry heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land.
(Haggai 2:5-6)

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For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places ; there will be famines and calamities. This is but the beginning of the intolerable anguish and suffering; these are only the first of the birth pangs.
(Mark 13: 8)

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NEW DELHI

A major earthquake of at least 7.0 mag. hit India's southern Nicobar Islands on Sunday, July 24th, triggering panic in the islands and prompting Thailand to issue a tsunami warning for the region devastated by December's earthquake and tsunami.

The Indian Ocean basin was battered by the December earthquake and tsunami which followed, killing at least 178,953 people in 11 countries and leaving 49,616 people missing, most of them presumed dead. Sunday's quake also was felt in Indonesia's Aceh province, the area hit hardest in December tragedy.

The earthquake was mag. 7.2, and was centered in Nicobar. The quake also jolted the southern Indian state of Madras. In New Delhi, S. K. Bhatnagar, the deputy director-general of India's Meteorology Department, said: "There can be a local tsunami, but no such activity has been noticed in the region."

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka

An earthquake of epic power struck deep beneath the Indian Ocean, unleashing 20-foot tidal waves that ravaged coasts across thousands of miles.The death toll along the southern coast of Asia - and as far west as Somalia, on the African coast, where nine people were reported lost - steadily increased as authorities sorted out a far-flung disaster caused by the 9.0-mag. earthquake, the strongest in 40 years and the fourth-largest in a century.  Death toll approximately 177,000. (Dec. 26, 2004)

JAKARTA, Indonesia

March 26, 2005

A powerful earthquake rocked parts of Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia.  The earthquake registered a preliminary mag. of 6.9 and was centered beneath the Flores Sea about 40 miles west of the town of Bau Bau in southeast Sulawesi.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia

March 28, 2005

The death toll from the 8.7-mag. earthquake that struck off the northern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia,  has climbed to 1,000, with 30 injured, and 300 buildings were destroyed.  The powerful earthquake hammered Indonesia's west coast, collapsing homes and burying sleeping residents inside and sparking panic across Indian Ocean countries. The force of the tremblor brought down 70 percent of the buildings in a market district in a town on nearby Nias island.  One hundred were dead in Nias, 200 in Simeulue were dead, and Banyak had 3 dead and 40 injured.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia

The first images of the seabed that was rocked by the earthquake that triggered Asia's catastrophic tsunami revealed huge ruptures spanning several miles along the Indian Ocean's floor. The images of the seabed were off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island.  "You can see huge piles of mud maybe a few hundred meters (yards) thick." The images show "slide scars" more than six miles wide resulting from the 9.0 mag. quake on Dec. 26, 2004 the world's biggest in 40 yrs.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia

A major earthquake struck late Monday off the west coast of Indonesia, and a local government official said 296 people were killed in collapsed buildings.  (2005)

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There will be mighty and violent earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and pestilences, plagues: malignant and contatious or infectious epidemic diseases, which are deadly and devastating; and there will be sights of terror and great signs from heaven.
(Luke 21:11)

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CRESCENT CITY, Calif.

A major earthquake (7.0 M) struck about 80 miles off the coast of northern California, briefly prompting a tsunami warning along the Pacific coast.

The quake struck southwest of the coastal community of Crescent City and 300 miles northwest of San Francisco. "It appears from the mechanism of the earthquake that this was a slip-slide event so the motion was horizontal, not the vertical displacement that typically leads to a tsunami."  Witnesses felt buildings shaking along the California coast. "It was just a rolling sensation,’ and everything was quite orderly.

The latest quake was similar in strength to the 6.9-mag. Loma Prieta quake of 1989 that killed 40 people and caused about $6 billion dollars in structural damage in the Bay Area. But unlike Loma Prieta, this was located off shore so the damages were not heavy.

Washington State

Feb. 28, 2001

A 6.8 mag. earthquake struck Western Washington. The quake, whose epicenter lay 11 miles northeast of Olympia and 30 miles deep, was the largest to strike the area in more than 50 years.

YUCAIPA, Calif.

A moderate earthquake shook most of Southern California , startling people and knocking items off shelves and desks. The early afternoon quake had a mag. of 4.9 and was centered near Yucaipa  in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles. About 25 aftershocks followed in a little over an hour, the strongest estimated at mag. 3.5.  Residents reported shaking from Los Angeles to San Diego and in counties to the east. Rock slides were reported on Highway 38 in the San Bernardino Mountains. It was the third significant quake to hit California this week.  A mag.-5.2 quake shook Riverside County, and a mag.-7.0 quake struck under the ocean 90 miles off Northern California.  Californians have had a string of significant earthquakes after several years of relative seismic calm. But seismologists say clusters of quakes do not necessarily mean the Big One is coming.

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"And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great."
(Revelation 16:18 KJV)

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North West of Tokyo

On Oct. 23, 2004,

A mag.- 6.8 earthquake struck Niigata, about 160 miles northwest of Tokyo, killing 40 people and damaging more than 6,000 homes. The jolt was the deadliest to hit Japan since 1995, when a mag.-7.3 quake killed 6,433 people in the western city of Kobe

TOKYO, Japan

March 20, 2005

A powerful earthquake jolted southern Japan, injuring at least 155 people, disrupting transport. Buildings swayed, and smaller aftershocks continued to rattle the region. The mag. 7.0 quake, which hit about 40 miles off the coast of Kyushu island. Officials reported water and gas main breaks, and power blackouts. Railways and high-speed bullet train service were halted after the earthquake triggered an automatic safety system, public broadcaster NHK TV reported. Telephone service in the area was jammed.

TOKYO, Japan

A strong earthquake struck southern Japan, injuring at least 58 people, shattering windows and knocking down houses already damaged by a powerful tremor that hit the same area last month.   The 58 people hurt — two of them seriously — suffered broken bones and other injuries, but none of them were life-threatening, said Masahiko Esaki, a spokesman for Fukuoka Prefecture (state). Most of the injuries were from objects falling from shelves or from stepping onto broken glass. The quake damaged some 279 buildings and triggered several landslides in the damage zone, including on the island of Genkai, where several homes already damaged in a powerful March 20th quake were knocked down in Wednesday's tremor. (2005)

ANKARA, Turkey

An earthquake with a preliminary mag. of 5.7 shook southeastern Turkey, damaging some 150 houses and injuring 15 people, authorities said.  (2005)

SARBAGH, Central Iran

Feb. 22, 2005

A powerful earthquake flattened villages and collapsed mud-brick homes in the mountains of central Iran, killing at least 612 people and injuring 1,411 in Kerman Province. An estimated 8,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Zarand area.  Rescue teams using dogs and heavy machinery pulled more bodies from the ruins of flattened villages in central Iran.   Feb. 22, 2005.

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And the same hour was there a great earthquake,   and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake   were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven."
(Revelation 11:13 KJV) ~~ Future

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Earthquakes occur on faults on earth's surface.

Earthquakes strike suddenly, without warning at any time of the year and at any time of the day or night.

The strongest earthquake in North America measured 8.6 to 9.2 on March 27, 1964, is called Good Friday earthquake.

A three month long series of earthquakes in years 1811-12 took place along the New Madrid Fault in Missouri measured 8 in mag.. These eartquakes were felt all over the eastern states of U.S.

Due to the Northridge, California, earthquake of January 17, 1994, economic loss has been estimated at $20 billion. Fortunately, only few lives were lost. The California earthquakes tested building design and construction practices, as well as emergency disaster plans.

Although most earthquakes occur on the west of the Rocky Mountains, and the most violent earthquakes have occurred in the central United States, all 50 states and all U.S. territories are vulnerable to earthquakes of moderate to high risk.

The North American continent is drifting westward very slowly, about 2.5 centimeters (one inch) per year.

Southern California  is a dangerous earthquake prone region. The danger in living in south California is due to the SAN ANDREAS FAULT in earthquake language. There are other faults also in Californea region. They may be as dangerous as the San Andreas fault. The danger of loss of life can be reduced by better building design and layout of furniture in the house. Heavy furniture like bookcases, file cabinet, kitchen cupboards, electronic items are vulnerable. Improper anchoring, locking and placing of all vulnerable items may cause death and huge loss of money.

Earthquakes may be unavoidable, but damages and losses are not. Take care for each item in the house, office, schools and all other facilities. Carry copies of all important documents, specially insurance papers. Prepare an emerncy plan for facing disastrous earthquakes.  The greatest number of large earthquakes take place in Alaska, but mostly in less populated areas.

The Earth's crust is divided into about 12 major "plates" which are constantly shifting, producing earthquakes and volcanic activity on every continent.

The largest earthquake in the southern and middle Rocky Mountains occurred on Nov. 8, 1882.

The last quake of 8.0 or higher in Japan was in 1994.

Crescent City was the site of the only known tsunami to cause deaths in the continental United States. Eleven people died and 29 city blocks were washed away there in 1964, by a tsunami spawned by a quake. Four people who were camping on a beach in Newport, Ore., also died in that tsunami.

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When He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair; the full disc of the moon became like blood. And the stars of the sky dropped to the earth like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when shaken by a strong wind. And the sky rolled up like a scroll and vanished, and every mountain and island was dislodged from its place.
(Revelation 6: 12~14)

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