Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- Virginia Quakes May be ‘Foreshock’ for Something Bigger
- A series of six small earthquakes in Virginia since mid-June has left scientists concerned a larger event may be inbound, with Virginia Tech geophysics professor Martin Chapman warning: “When you see a series of these things in a smaller area, you have to take into account the fact that they may be foreshocks of a bigger earthquake.”
- The “burst of activity”, as Chapman put it, is unusual in the Old Dominion, with Virginians typically feeling only two or three earthquakes per year.
- “We [need to] take a close look at it and… monitor our instruments a little bit closer to make sure that we’re not missing any more little earthquakes, because if you see a continuous sequence that’s something that you have to pay attention to,” the professor explained.
- Virginia suffered its most powerful earthquake since the 19th century in 2011. The 5.8 magnitude quake inflicted up to $300 million in cost on the state and nearby Washington D.C., with homes and schools demolished, a nuclear power plant forced to shut down, and the Washington Monument and National Cathedral suffering serious structural damage.
- The 2011 quake was not predictable, however, with no “foreshocks” observed before it hit.
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