M4.6 earthquake strikes 28 km NNE of Kuji, Japan

P25 describes 'famines, pestilences, and earthquakes' as signs of the end times occurring 'in various places.' This localized earthquake in Japan fits the pattern of increasing seismic activity mentioned as a birth pang before the end, though it is a relatively modest magnitude and does not constitute the catastrophic earthquakes described in the more dramatic prophecies (P12, P41, P71).