M4.9 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands region
Magnitude 4.9 at Kermadec Islands region; depth 10 km
Magnitude 4.9 at Kermadec Islands region; depth 10 km
P25 (Famines, Pestilences, and Earthquakes) describes earthquakes as signs of the times multiplying in various places. A 4.9 magnitude earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region matches the thematic pattern of ongoing seismic activity characteristic of end-times 'birth pangs,' though this single event alone is not unusual geologically.