M4.5 earthquake strikes 20 km SE of Nyūzen, Japan

This earthquake in Japan represents one instance of the 'famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places' prophesied as signs of the end times. While a single M4.5 earthquake is relatively modest, it contributes to the pattern of seismic activity described in Matthew 24:7 and Luke 21:11 as characteristic of the latter days.