M4.6 earthquake strikes 62 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia
Magnitude 4.6 at 62 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia; depth 35 km
Magnitude 4.6 at 62 km ESE of Shikotan, Russia; depth 35 km
P25 'Famines, Pestilences, and Earthquakes' describes earthquakes as signs of the end times occurring 'in various places.' This earthquake near Shikotan, Russia is a geologically routine seismic event fitting the category of earthquakes mentioned as birth pangs before the end, though a single moderate-magnitude earthquake is not distinctly prophetic without pattern context.