Tuesday, March 20, 2012

7.6 QUAKE IN MEXICO

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Earthquake With 7.9 Magnitude Strikes Near Acapulco, Mexico By Jeran Wittenstein - Mar 20, 2012 1:13 PM ET

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck 108 miles (174 kilometers) east-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.
The earthquake was initially estimated to have a magnitude of 7.6.To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jeran Wittenstein at jwittenstei1@bloomberg.net
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0008m6h.html

No damage reported after 7.6 quake in Mexico-Published: 7:18AM Wednesday March 21, 2012 Source: Reuters

A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck 193 kilometres east of Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast, the United States Geological Survey said today.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the inland earthquake would not generate a destructive widespread tsunami, but there was the possibility of some local tsunami effects.
Civil Defence has not issued a tsunami warning for New Zealand.Mexican President Felipe Calderon said via his Twitter account there was no serious damage reported from the quake.Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard said, also via his Twitter account, that he saw no damages as he surveyed the city from a helicopter.The USGS located the epicenter of the quake at 525 kilometres east of Ometepec in Guerrero state at a depth of 18 kilometres.The quake was felt in Mexico City where buildings shook and office employees fled into the street, according to a Reuters witnesses. Cell phone lines were down and traffic snarled in the capital moments after the quake.No damage was reported in Oaxaca, near where the quake hit, according to local television.
Earlier it had been reported at 7.9 magnitude and initially as 7.6 magnitude.

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