Earthquake Warning: Foreshock
Occasionally foreshocks happen prior to an earthquake. The biggest problem is it's very difficult to identify a foreshock until after a bigger quake strikes.
When I was a youth, my family was living in Santiago, Chile. We'd experience a good tremor every other month or so, sometimes more frequently. From February 21, 1985, to March 3, 1985, there were about 20 quakes of magnitude 4.5 to 5.7. Almost a swarm since many happen on the same days.
Then in the afternoon of March 3, a 7.9 magnitude (USGS lists it as 8.0) earthquake struck off the coast, near Valparaiso. In Santiago, it shook everything hard. Probably felt like 7.0 there, although that's my guess.
I'm preparing an presentation on earthquakes and one of the examples I have is the 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquakes in April 2016.
The first earthquake, a 6.2 magnitude, happened at 21:26 Japan Standard Time on April 14, 2016. The second quake shook the region at 1:25 in the morning on April 16. It's magnitude was 7.0.
It occurred to me that the two quakes were two days apart.
Hector Sosa has said there will be a sign given two days before the first really big Utah earthquake.
My personal belief was this two-day warning will be a foreshock, and I think it will be in the 4-5 range, although it could be as low as 3.5.
What occurred to me with the realization of the two quakes in Japan being two days apart was that the two-day warning for Utah might be a large earthquake, like Japan.
Imagine a 6.2 magnitude earthquake striking along the fault in Salt Lake City. This alone would cause a lot of destruction. Many people might see this as the big one. Those familiar with Sosa's statement might point to him and claim there wasn't a two-day warning.
But, what if the real earthquake happens two days later and it's a 7.0 or larger? With so many structures weakened with the first quake, this one would take down a greater portion of buildings. Then there will be the anticipated aftershocks that will occur in the days and weeks, and even months, following.
It was kind of an awakening that the two-day warning might be a big quake in itself and not a tremor.
Will the resulting earthquake be enough to wake up sufficient people to return to God, that it will put off the larger earthquake?
I've stated this before, and I still believe it, that there will be sufficient people who will repent and return to God, at least temporarily, that the really big earthquake won't happen for at least a few more years. It's the pattern that is most typical in the scriptures. This first earthquake will, most likely, return enough people to God that the larger quake won't happen the next year, or within months of the first big one.
However, the pattern is that most of those who did repent will return to seeking after, supporting, and living in wickedness. I think it will take at least a year, but most likely around 3, before the majority of the people have forsaken God again. It might take up to 7 years, depending on what other events are happening as attempts to humble the people and return them to worshiping God. But most of the time in the scriptures it's only a few years before the majority have returned to evil.
When I was a youth, my family was living in Santiago, Chile. We'd experience a good tremor every other month or so, sometimes more frequently. From February 21, 1985, to March 3, 1985, there were about 20 quakes of magnitude 4.5 to 5.7. Almost a swarm since many happen on the same days.
Then in the afternoon of March 3, a 7.9 magnitude (USGS lists it as 8.0) earthquake struck off the coast, near Valparaiso. In Santiago, it shook everything hard. Probably felt like 7.0 there, although that's my guess.
I'm preparing an presentation on earthquakes and one of the examples I have is the 2016 Kumamoto, Japan, earthquakes in April 2016.
The first earthquake, a 6.2 magnitude, happened at 21:26 Japan Standard Time on April 14, 2016. The second quake shook the region at 1:25 in the morning on April 16. It's magnitude was 7.0.
It occurred to me that the two quakes were two days apart.
Hector Sosa has said there will be a sign given two days before the first really big Utah earthquake.
My personal belief was this two-day warning will be a foreshock, and I think it will be in the 4-5 range, although it could be as low as 3.5.
What occurred to me with the realization of the two quakes in Japan being two days apart was that the two-day warning for Utah might be a large earthquake, like Japan.
Imagine a 6.2 magnitude earthquake striking along the fault in Salt Lake City. This alone would cause a lot of destruction. Many people might see this as the big one. Those familiar with Sosa's statement might point to him and claim there wasn't a two-day warning.
But, what if the real earthquake happens two days later and it's a 7.0 or larger? With so many structures weakened with the first quake, this one would take down a greater portion of buildings. Then there will be the anticipated aftershocks that will occur in the days and weeks, and even months, following.
It was kind of an awakening that the two-day warning might be a big quake in itself and not a tremor.
Will the resulting earthquake be enough to wake up sufficient people to return to God, that it will put off the larger earthquake?
I've stated this before, and I still believe it, that there will be sufficient people who will repent and return to God, at least temporarily, that the really big earthquake won't happen for at least a few more years. It's the pattern that is most typical in the scriptures. This first earthquake will, most likely, return enough people to God that the larger quake won't happen the next year, or within months of the first big one.
However, the pattern is that most of those who did repent will return to seeking after, supporting, and living in wickedness. I think it will take at least a year, but most likely around 3, before the majority of the people have forsaken God again. It might take up to 7 years, depending on what other events are happening as attempts to humble the people and return them to worshiping God. But most of the time in the scriptures it's only a few years before the majority have returned to evil.
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