Earthquakes And End Time Biblical Prophecy

I appreciate your list of earthquakes, but it covers, for the most part, the last century

Judging from the frequency of significant quakes in the last century, it seems to me that if that average frequency had been occuring for the last two or three thousand years, by now the earth's crust would by now be fairly pulverized.

Soon after devising the magnitude scale, Gutenberg & Richter provided an empirical connection between magnitude and earthquake energy. A somewhat simplified form of their equation can be written as:
log (E) = 4.7 + (1.5)M
where "log" is the base10 logarithm, M is the earthquake magnitude, and E will be energy in Joules.
If we take the above equation to be the exponent of 10, then it can be rewritten as:
E = 10^[ 4.7 + (1.5)M ]

In a graph, yes, you will find surges and slowdowns but the aggregate of various events will begin to be observable as predicted in the Bible

I believe the industrial revolution in the mid 19th century has been significant. Since that period, a number of Biblical prophecies have been emerging.

Late 4th Century St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-397) wrote, "There is no doubt that the Antichrist has already been born. Firmly established already in his early years, he will, after reaching maturity, achieve supreme power." (Abanes p.119)

buzsaw writes:Interestingly, the Bible has it scientifically right that powerful earthquakes can, indeed, shake the whole planet, even "disturbing" it's rotation.

Because earthquakes involve movements of tectonic plates (and large quantities of water, in the case of submarine earthquakes), they necessarily involve relatively rapid movements of large amounts of mass. When this mass moves, the distribution of Earth’s mass changes and results in slight deviations in the rotational motion (e.g., angular velocity and axial tilt) of the planet. To illustrate: a figure skater pirouetting with his or her arms extended has a specific way in which their body mass is distributed with respect to their rotational axis (the rotational axis, incidentally, is an imaginary line that extends through the middle of the rotating object in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of rotation think of a line connecting the North and South poles, for example). If the figure skater then pulls one of their arms slightly closer to their body, the way in which their body mass is distributed is altered, thus causing their rotation to change. The intensity of that change is proportional to the degree to which the distribution of their body mass is altered. A spinning skater who bends but a single finger toward their body may not feel a significant change in their rotation; a spinning skater who pulls an arm in completely flush with their body may produce so great a change in their rotation as to fall down.In the case of earthquakes, the amount of redistributed mass is comparably small to the mass of the entire planet. Likewise, the distance over which that mass is moved is comparably small to the size, or radius, of the planet. Thus, the mass redistribution is effectively small, in the grand scheme of things. But, earthquakes still do cause some minor change to Earth’s rotation; it is purely an inescapable consequence of physics. If a large (read: unfathomably big) enough earthquake (or any seismic event, for that matter) occurred, such that very extensive portions of Earth’s crust moved, causing the planet’s rotation to become significantly altered, the global climate could potentially be affected. In the case of this most recent seismic activity in Indonesia, however, Earth’s rotation will not likely be altered to such a degree that it will have significant, climatic consequences.I hope this explanation helps.Scott J. Badham
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Wyoming

I am currently rather annoyed by some people, Muslims and Christians alike, who commented as if this is some kind of God's wrath. I mean, the victims are so diverse, from holidaymakers in Thailand, poor fisherfolk in Aceh, Maldives, and even the natives of Andaman. It seems unfair for them to be the victims of an angry God; the disaster hits Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and atheists alike.

That's why I commented. I feel it is morally ucappetable for any person to say proudly 'See. we're right,' over the deaths of 60.000 people.