Earthquake on Interconnecting Fault Structure Shakes Earth from
Israel to Italy!
January 8, 2006
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I have taught for many years about the interconnecting fault structure that connects Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, and the Red Sea.
It is the great earthquake of Revelation 6:12 in the Jordan Rift Valley that will produce a chain reaction of great pressure releases in this fault structure from Israel to Turkey to Rome, which will announce the beginning of the last three and one-half years of the tribulation period. The 6:12 earthquake is the first of many in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 6:12 – And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
If you would like to view this long interconnecting fault structure on our Web Site, click “Birth Pangs” on our Menu, then click on “Birth Pang Figures,” then click on Figure Number 3 to enlarge it, and notice the dashed fault line extending north through the Red Sea, Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey, which connects with the east-west fault line extending across northern Turkey, south of Greece, and to the boot heel of Italy.
The article by the Associated Press and the JPost Staff in the Jerusalem Post, which follows, is perhaps a preview of the area most affected by the Revelation 6:12 earthquake, but the coming earthquake will have a magnitude between 8 and 9,
and will set off a chain of earthquakes of the same magnitude along it from one end to the other.
BEGIN JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE
Earthquake Shakes Greece, Felt in Israel
Associated Press and JPost Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
January 8, 2006
A powerful earthquake shook Greece on Sunday and was felt as far away as the Middle East. Minor damage was reported in southern Greece, and authorities on the island of Crete said three people were slightly injured.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute, which initially gave a magnitude of 6.4, later amended it to 6.9 and said the epicenter was located beneath the seabed, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of Athens and 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of the island
of Kithira.
“It was a very powerful quake which shook all of Greece.
There have been dozens of aftershocks, four with a magnitude of 5,” said institute head Giorgos Stavrakakis. “The quake occurred deep undersea and that’s what saved us.”
The earthquake occurred at 1:34 p.m. and was felt as far away as in Cairo, Egypt, about 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) southeast of the epicenter, as well as in Amman, Jordan.
Similarly, the Geophysical Institute of Israel reported that the quake was felt in
The quake was felt across southern Italy – in particular around Naples and Sicily – but there were no reports of damage or injuries, Italian news reports said.
Some people ran into the streets and others phoned civil protection agencies or the fire department seeking information.
Clarice Nassif Ransom, a USGS spokeswoman in Washington, said scientists project that as many as six million people may have felt the earthquake.
“This is an area which regularly gives out strong quakes so we are not surprised. But we don’t expect any serious aftershocks,” Stavrakakis said.
Authorities on Kithira said the airport and about 50 old buildings had also been slightly damaged.
“We’ve had some damage to old buildings but nothing serious has occurred, and we have no reports of injuries,” said Kithira mayor Andreas Kalligeros.
The US Geological Survey, based in Colorado, and the National Earthquake Information Center in Denver gave a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, while the University of Thessaloniki, which also has a geodynamic institute, reported a preliminary magnitude of 6.9. The reason for the discrepancies in magnitude was not immediately clear.
END JERUSALEM POST ARTICLE