EARTHQUAKES
(See also Disasters; Last Days; Time of the End)
(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)
after Armageddon: w63 543
animals predict: g69 10/22 31; g68 3/8 16
Biblical examples: w51 202; g46 11/22 17; g32 7/6 622-623
causes: g82 7/8 13-14; g74 5/8 16; w62 262; w60 672; g60 7/22 19; g60 12/22 13; g55 10/22 25; g54 10/22 15; g53 12/22 20; g46 11/22 18; g43 8/18 27-28; g43 11/10 24
charts of:
between 33 and 70 C.E.: w83 5/15 6
major, between 1914 and 1982: w83 5/15 7
major, between October 4, 1983, and January 1, 1984: w84 5/15 25
major, since 1914: g81 5/8 9
Richter scale comparing amount of energy released by: g80 10/8 21
what to do if you live in an area of earthquake risk: g82 7/8 15
dead bodies thrown out: w83 10/1 19; w75 639-640; g66 12/22 23; g65 4/8 26; w61 30
deaths:
average per year: g84 8/8 29
chart of deaths per year before and after 1914: w83 5/15 7
during 1976: g80 10/8 20; g77 5/8 29
during the past decade: g84 6/8 29
during this century: w83 5/15 7
for past 1,000 years: g77 1/8 15-16
from 1915 to 1978: w83 5/15 6-7; w82 4/15 9
from 856 C.E. to 1914: w83 5/15 6-7; w82 4/15 9; g81 1/8 11; hp 148; w79 6/15 11; g77 2/22 11
per year before 1914: kc 113; hp 149
since 1914: yb84 4; kc 113; w78 1/15 10; g77 1/8 15-16; g77 2/22 11; w74 73; w74 318; g74 5/8 18-19
since 1915: g81 1/8 11; hp 148; w79 6/15 11
year with most recorded deaths: g77 5/8 29
discussion: w83 5/15 3-7; g82 7/8 13-16; w74 72-74; g74 5/8 16-19; ad 477-478
earthquake belt: w83 5/15 5; g60 12/22 12-13; g46 11/22 17; g43 11/10 24
earthquake waves: g76 9/22 16-17; g74 5/8 16-17; g60 7/22 16, 18-19; g46 11/22 17; g45 8/29 4; g43 11/10 22
first century (C.E.): w83 5/15 5-6; g77 2/22 10-11; w74 73; w70 44
frequency of: g75 10/22 29
geysers’ warning: g71 12/22 29
God’s role: g74 5/8 19
“great quaking” (Eze 38:19): g74 5/8 19; kj 365-366
help determine earth’s structure: g76 9/22 16-17
increase: g81 4/8 29
since 1914: g84 10/22 6-7
we are heading for a period of increased earthquake activity (quote): w84 4/15 5
Jehovah’s use of: g79 8/22 19
map of earthquake belts of the world: w83 5/15 5
microseisms: g63 6/8 23
new system of things: kc 24; w60 672; g60 7/22 19
nuclear tests: g71 9/8 30
number of major quakes:
from 856 C.E. to 1914: kc 113
since 1914: g81 5/8 9
since 1915: kc 113
number of “significant” earthquakes worldwide in 1983: g84 6/8 29
number per day worldwide: g80 10/8 21
number per year worldwide: g84 10/22 6; w83 5/15 6
power exerted: g71 4/8 10; g69 12/22 26; g65 10/8 16; g64 7/8 20-21; g60 7/22 29; w58 635-636; w55 437; g55 4/22 16; g53 12/22 20; w51 201, 204
predicting: g82 7/8 13-16; w77 232; g77 2/22 6-9; g77 5/22 29; g75 4/22 29; g75 10/22 29; g74 5/8 17; g73 2/22 30; g72 3/8 29; g71 9/22 31; g65 5/8 30-31; g61 6/8 30
Richter scale: g77 2/22 5; g74 5/8 16-17; g72 12/22 26; g60 12/22 14
revised: g77 5/22 29
safety during: g82 7/8 15; g71 4/8 11; g60 12/22 15
sign of last days: ce 225; w84 5/15 25; g84 10/22 6-7; w83 5/15 3-7; w82 4/15 9; g82 7/8 16; kc 113; tr 87; g81 1/8 11; g81 5/8 9; w80 10/15 15; hp 148-149; g80 10/8 20-21; w79 6/15 11; w78 1/15 10; g77 1/8 15-16; g77 2/22 11; gh 148; g74 5/8 17-19; w72 339; w70 270; w69 69; is 127-128; w67 198; ev 164; g67 7/22 30; g66 10/8 17-18, 30; g65 5/22 29; g65 10/8 16; w64 678; w63 671; bf 503; w62 132; w61 628; g61 2/22 7
slow-motion (bradyseism): g70 5/8 30
statistics: w79 6/15 11; gh 148; w75 634-635; w74 73; w74 243; g74 5/8 18-19; tp73 83; g69 3/22 30; g69 4/8 31; g69 6/8 30; g69 12/22 26, 29; w67 262; g67 4/22 31; g67 5/8 30; g66 10/8 18, 30; w64 678; w63 552, 671; g63 1/22 31; w62 132; g62 10/22 29; w61 628; g61 2/22 7; g60 7/22 16-19; g60 12/22 12-15; pa 183; w56 614; g56 3/8 7; g53 10/8 25; w51 202-204; g46 11/22 18; g43 11/10 21-23; g39 11/15 18; g35 8/28 750
survey:
if an earthquake occurred when you were away from home, whom would you call first?: g80 12/8 30
survival:
babies: g85 12/22 29-30
symbolic: g74 5/8 19; fm 69-70, 280-282; w67 58-59; bf 572-573; nh 255; w38 221-222; lt-1-30 81, 213
Uzziah’s reign: w66 745-746
volcanic: g79 7/22 25-26
warning: g71 2/22 30-31; g71 12/22 29
List by Place
Aegean Sea: g68 4/8 29; g65 5/8 30
Africa: g64 6/22 29
Alaska: yb84 151; w71 298; g65 1/8 30; g65 10/8 16; g64 5/8 29; g64 6/22 17-20; g64 9/8 30; g64 12/8 31
Algeria: g81 3/8 29
‘quake-proof’ town: g85 2/22 30
Argentina: yb72 66
Asia: g60 12/22 12-14; w58 635; gr 24; g55 6/22 12; w51 201-202; tf 290
Australia: g72 3/8 29
Azores: yb83 247-248; g80 3/22 29; g64 4/8 29
Burma: g75 9/22 31
Canada: g71 7/22 21-22
Central America: g57 9/22 16; g56 8/8 24
Chile: g85 11/8 26-27; yb82 73-76; g67 2/8 29; g65 5/22 29; g65 10/8 16
China: g82 7/8 13-14, 16; g79 9/8 29; w78 1/15 10; g77 8/8 29; g76 11/8 30; g75 4/22 29; g66 4/22 29; g65 10/8 16
predicted: w77 232
Colombia: g84 11/8 20-22; g80 2/8 23; g67 3/22 30; g62 9/22 29
tombs opened up and corpses came out: w83 10/1 19
Congo: g66 7/8 30
Ecuador: w61 30
El Salvador: yb81 51-52, 103-105; g65 6/22 29
Fiji: g53 12/22 20
France: g67 10/8 30
Greece (modern): g81 5/22 20-22, 29; g66 3/22 29; g65 5/22 29; g63 5/8 29
Guatemala: yb77 19; w76 231; g76 4/8 29; g76 5/8 3-9; km 4/76 1
Hawaii: g73 6/22 30
India: g68 1/22 29; g65 10/8 16; g60 12/22 14; w51 201-202
Indian Ocean floor: g77 11/8 29-30
Indonesia: g67 4/8 31; g65 5/22 29
Iran: g80 2/8 23; g72 6/8 29; g71 4/8 11; g70 9/8 29; g68 10/8 30; g65 10/8 16; g62 10/22 29; g62 11/8 21-23; g61 8/8 29
Italy: yb82 248-249, 251-253; w81 3/15 11; g81 3/8 29; km 3/81 4; g80 2/8 23; yb77 19; g76 8/22 8-11; km 7/76 4; g70 5/8 30; g68 2/22 29; g62 10/22 29
Jamaica: yb85 72
Japan: g83 9/8 29-30; g75 4/22 29; w67 58; g64 8/8 30; g60 12/22 14; pa 183; lg 255; tf 290
drill to prepare for any future quakes: g83 12/8 30-31
Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923: g83 12/8 30-31
preparation for future fatalities: g80 5/22 30
survey regarding safety measures taken when Tokyo was jolted by four tremors: g78 1/8 29-30
Libya: g65 10/8 16; g63 4/8 29
Mediterranean area: g60 5/22 17-19; g60 12/22 12-13; g54 8/22 24; nh 249; g53 12/8 21-23; g53 12/22 17-19; g32 7/6 622-623
Mexico: g85 12/22 29-30; g73 10/22 30; g73 11/22 30; g64 8/22 29
Morocco: g65 10/8 16; yb61 197-198
New Zealand: w79 2/1 11
Nicaragua: w75 341-342; w73 95-96; w73 134-135; g73 2/8 29; g73 3/8 12-16
North America: g60 12/22 14; g59 10/8 30; g55 4/22 16; g36 9/23 826
Pakistan: g75 2/22 29
Peru: yb79 222-225; w75 634; g75 3/22 26; yb71 243-245; g71 4/8 11; g70 7/8 29; g70 8/8 16-20; g70 9/8 29; g66 11/22 30; g66 12/22 22-24
Philippines: g77 1/8 13-16
Portugal: w67 58
Romania: g77 5/22 29
South Africa: g69 11/8 31
South America: g65 4/8 26; g62 2/8 29; g60 7/22 16-19, 29; g60 12/22 12, 14; g58 8/8 24; g49 10/8 21-24; g43 11/10 6
Soviet Union: g66 8/22 29
Taiwan: g65 10/8 16; g64 3/8 29
Turkey: g77 3/8 11; g75 11/8 30; g70 5/8 29; g67 5/8 30; g67 9/8 30; g66 10/8 30; g65 10/8 16
United States: g71 3/22 29; g71 4/8 8-11; g69 1/8 30
number during 1978: g80 10/8 20
San Francisco: g80 2/8 23
various places: w74 74; g74 5/8 18; tp73 83; g69 5/22 30; g68 7/8 31; g68 9/8 29; g67 7/22 30
Venezuela: g67 9/8 30-31
Yugoslavia: g69 12/8 29; g65 10/8 16; g64 12/8 31; g63 9/22 29; g62 3/8 29
Quotations
earthquakes may occur at any place: g80 10/8 20
greatest earthquake disaster in the history of mankind: g80 10/8 21; g79 9/8 29
our generation is an unfortunate one: g81 1/8 11
our generation lives in a dangerous period of high seismic activity: w83 5/15 6; hp 148; g80 10/8 21; w79 6/15 11
we are heading for a period of increased earthquake activity: w84 4/15 5
we are living in a period of increasing earthquake activity: g80 10/8 20