The earthquake in addition should have compelled Earth to rotate slightly faster, shortening the length of the day by about 1.8 microseconds, he said. Down the road, data from the quake will provide an uncommonly definite view of how Earth is distorted during massive earthquakes at sites where one plate is sliding under another, including the U.S. Pacific Northwest, scientists said.
What the journalists were depicting without even knowing it was that which is to occur as prophesied by John the Revelator.
Again and again, the utterances are ringing in my spirit: When you see these things, gaze up, look up, look up, for your redemption draws nigh. Yes, the winds of Armageddon are beginning to blow. Jesus described our day when saying that "as the days of Noah were, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be … And they knew not until the flood came and took them all away." (Matthew 24:37, 39)
No, we're not in the Great Tribulation sir, but you can be sure of one thing: This old planet is groaning with birth pangs.