M5.3 earthquake strikes 221 km ENE of Neiafu, Tonga

This earthquake in Tonga represents one of many seismic events fulfilling the sign of 'famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places' (Luke 21:11). While a single M5.3 earthquake is moderate rather than catastrophic, it contributes to the pattern of increasing geological activity characteristic of end-times birth pangs.