Credit: Tel Aviv University
A first-of-its-kind study conducted under the bed of the Dead Sea reveals that a devastating earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale is expected to hit our region in the coming years. The study showed that an earthquake of this magnitude occurs in the land of Israel on an average cycle of between 130 and 150 years, but there have been cases in history where the lull between one earthquake and another was only a few decades long.
The last earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale was felt in the Dead Sea valley in 1927, when hundreds of people were injured in Amman, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and even Jaffa. Now, in the wake of the findings of the study, the researchers are warning that another earthquake is very likely to occur in our lifetime, in the coming years or decades.
As we know, we are quickly approaching the Second Coming of Jesus Christ! According to Revelation, The Two Witnesses will be revealed soon after the Abomination of Desolation, which is closer to occurring than ever before. Three and a half days after The Two Witnesses are killed, Revelation 11 says there will be a great earthquake that will kill thousands of people.
Like we have been saying for years, many news stories seem insignificant until you look at them through the eyes of Bible prophecy. For instance, Sarah Chemla from The Jerusalem Post just shared a story on a soon-coming “destructive and deadly earthquake” referencing Prof. Shmuel Marco and more.
As part of the study, the research was carried out under the auspices of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), which conducts deep drilling in lake beds all over the world with the aim of studying Earth’s ancient climate and other environmental changes.
In 2010, a rig was placed in the center of the Dead Sea and began drilling to a depth of hundreds of meters, enabling an analysis of some 220,000 years of Dead Sea geology.
According to Prof. Marco, because the Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth, every winter, the flood waters that flow into the Dead Sea carry with them sediment which accumulates at the bottom of the lake into different layers.