By the year 2000, the probability of an 8.0 or greater quake along the New Madrid fault will be 50-50. The last time such a quake struck, in 1811, the Mississippi River ran backwards for three days, dozens were killed and church bells rang as far away as Boston as a result of the shaking. But today, the area is far more developed and populated and the devastation and human toll would be much greater. A large earthquake hit Wyoming in 1995 for the first time in recorded history. And the Pacific Northwest has also been the focus of an increase in seismic activity.
Seismologists say Oregon and Washington resemble Colombia geologically and run similar risks.
Thus, quakes as high as 8.0 on the Richter scale are possible in the area. All over the world, in fact, earthquakes and volcanoes are erupting with a fury and frequency never before witnessed by mankind. Just as Jesus predicted widespread persecution of believers at the end of the age, we see it happening around the world - particularly in Muslim nations, but even in the West. While Christians are not yet being locked up for their beliefs in wholesale numbers, they are being broadly discriminated against in the public square. The traditional family is breaking down all over the world.