M4.9 earthquake strikes Kermadec Islands, New Zealand

This earthquake event exemplifies the 'Famines, Pestilences, and Earthquakes' sign predicted for the end times. While a single M4.9 earthquake is geologically routine, it contributes to the pattern of increasing seismic activity 'in various places' that characterizes the birth pangs before the end, as described in Matthew 24:7 and Luke 21:11.