Earthquake pattern increasing for Jerusalem – end times?

Based on 300-400-year historical cycles, the pattern of recent tremors, the Middle East should be expecting a major earthquake in the near future, according to geologists in Tel Aviv.

A verse in Zachariah (Ch. 14) describes two instances of earthquakes, one of which split apart the Mount of Olives:

Zec 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Zec 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Zec 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which [is] before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, [and there shall be] a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

This east to west split described by Zechariah is in the same direction of split outlined by the “dead sea transform (DST)” or Syrian-African Rift.

images of the DST, also known as the Syrian African rift.

**** This confirms the accuracy of the bible. (How could Zachariah know about what only geologists know today about the DST, unless God told him?)

The last earthquake damages temple mount occurred 02/17/08, size 5.3.

The chart below (color coded by period) shows the known earthquakes that have occurred over the last 2000 years. The delta is the time gap between one earthquake and the next one. It seems like long periods of 100-300+ years occur. I see 3 periods: (1) around 31 AD, time of Christ, (2) 363-1202 , a period of 839 years, and (3) 1546-2008, a period of 462 years.

The time gap between period 1, and 2 and 3 is about 300 years each. In the beginning of each period, the earthquakes are well spaced apart, and then become closer together in time.

In period 2 they are about every 300 years, then decrease to about every 52 years. In period 3, they start out about every 250 years, then more rapidly decrease to about every 4 years. This shows that the current period Jerusalem that is in now, is more intense in frequency than other periods.

Although the actual timing of earthquakes in general is not predictable, the pattern suggests that the next earthquake could be estimated in another 4 years or so. This would be about 2012. But there is always a wait and see approach with me. My goal is just to show the pattern.

x	year AD	delta	size
1	31
2	363	332	7
3	658	295	6.2
3	749	386	6.6
4	859	110
5	991	132
6	1034	43	6.5
7	1068	34	6.4
8	1157	89
9	1202	45	7.2
10	1546	344	6.4
11	1759	213	6.5
12	1834	75	6.6
12	1927	93	6.4
13	2000	73
14	2004	4
15	2008	4	5.3

A three-year study, conducted by the Geological Survey of Israel and released this week, found that the Old City is more at risk than modern neighborhoods because of its ancient construction and the underground layers of shifting debris left behind by ransacking armies, said Amos Bein, the center’s director.

“The layer below is not made of solid rock, but rather a kind of rubble,” Bein said. Those weak foundations could magnify an earthquake’s seismic wave, he said. Due to excavations under the Temple Mount to expand the area for mosque activity, weakening the foundational support systems, the Temple Mount would be especially vulnerable if another earthquake would occur in Jerusalem.

The Great Rift Valley runs for 3,000 miles between Syria and Mozambique and passes through the Dead Sea, below Jerusalem’s eastern hills. The fault line was caused by the separation of African and Eurasian tectonic plates in ancient times, a split that weakened the Earth’s crust.

**** there is also a prophecy that Damascus, Syria, will be destroyed, which has not happened yet. I wonder if an earthquake will do this.

Isa 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Major earthquake regions in the world.

Update : http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/148118

9 Sivan 5768, June 12, ’08

Four Moderate Lebanese Quake Shakes Up Northern Galilee

(IsraelNN.com) Residents in the northern Galilee Thursday afternoon felt four earthquakes that hit Lebanon and measured up to a mild 3.9 on the Richter scale. Previous earthquakes this year measured 3.3 and 5.3 on the Richter scale.

No one was injured and no damage was reported.

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References for earthquakes in Israel

http://www.rms.com/Publications/Israel_EQ.pdf

http://atlas-conferences.com/c/a/n/x/07.htm

http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5835

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2007/me_mideast_11_26.asp

http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:yd4c3BEO7aMJ:www.maozisrael.org/currentreport+israel+earthquakes+pattern&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=20&gl=us

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3507175,00.html

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125277

http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:g9vn4BkXACUJ:ldolphin.org/quakes.html+jerusalem+earthquake+2004&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us

http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:-9K58WBd2dQJ:neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2004/eq_040211/+jerusalem+earthquake+2004&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us