M4.5 earthquake strikes 77 km WNW of Hihifo, Tonga

This earthquake in Tonga represents one manifestation of the 'famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places' that characterize the end times (Matthew 24:7). While individual earthquakes occur naturally throughout history, the prophecy describes a pattern of increasing seismic activity as birth pangs preceding the end—consistent with observed global earthquake frequency trends.