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There
will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places,
and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
For an
updated list of earthquakes The Bible teaches that there will be an increase in earthquakes in the last days before the return of Jesus. Many scoffers will claim that there has been no increase in earthquakes in our day and age. I had one person write me, quoting from the USGS document. "Are Earthquakes Really on the Increase? We continue to hear from many people throughout the world that earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant throughout this century and, according to our records, have actually seemed to decrease in recent years. A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year. This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements in global communications. In 1931, there were about 350 stations operating in the world; today, there are more that 4,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these stations by telex, computer and satellite.This increase in the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier years, and we are able to locate earthquakes more rapidly. The NEIC now locates about 12,000 to 14,000 earthquakes each year or approximately 35 per day. Also, because of the improvements in communications and the increased interest in natural disasters, the public now learns about more earthquakes. According to
long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 18 major
earthquakes (7.0 - 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or above) in any
given year. However, let's take a look at what has happened in the past
28 years, from 1969 Our records show
that 1992 is the first time that we have reached or exceeded the
long-term average number of major earthquakes since 1971. In 1970 and
in 1971 we had 20 and 19 major earthquakes, respectively, but in other
years the total But in a review of their charts showing total earthquake activity for the 1970's through the 1990's, there has been a tremendous increase in overall earthquake activity. Here is a year by year listing, followed by the URL's to the three charts. USGS 6.0+ TOTAL
1970 130 4139
chart 1
1970's
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