Surprising Data with Regards to the Increase of Earthquakes Over the Past 2,000 Years

Jesus said that the close of this present Age would come on the tail end of what He likened to birth pains. Contraction. Release. Contraction. Release. Until….the birth of a new Age. I personally believe our children will witness the transition from birth pains to hard labor. And that we’re at the beginning of the beginning of the final generation before the return of the Lord.

The frequency and intensity of earthquakes are part of those birth pains (see Matthew 24:4-31). And the data with regards to the increase of earthquakes is stunning.

Thanks to Joel Richardson for compiling the info below (from the National Geographical Data Center and United States Geological Survey) detailing the progressive increase of earthquakes over the last 2,000 years (crazy, I know).

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National Geophysical Data Center

1 AD to 1000: 15 earthquakes 7.0 or higher (NGDC)
(One every 66 years)

1000 to 1800: 114 7.0 or higher (NGDC)
(One every 7 years)

1800 to 1900: 115 7.0 or higher (NGDC)
(One every 10 months)

(1935 Richter Scale invented)

1900 to 1980: 774 7.0 or higher (NGDC)
(One every 37 days)

United States Geological Survey

1980 to 2000: 255 earthquakes 7.0 or higher (USGS /NEIC)
(One every 28 days)

2000 to 2008: 127 earthquakes 7.0 or higher (USGS / NEIC)
(One every 26 days)

2009: 17 earthquakes 7.0 or higher (USGS / NEIC)
(One every 21 days)

2010: 20 earthquakes 7.0 or higher (USGS / NEIC)
(One every 18 days)

2011: 6 earthquakes 7.0 or higher in 3 months (USGS / NEIC)
(One every 15 days)