Earthquakes and the Bible

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Earthquakes and the Bible Dr. Chi-Yu King March 2007

World Seismicity

Earthquakes and Global Tectonics

Elements of Plate Tectonics

Earthquake Faulting

San Andreas Fault (California)

San Andreas Fault after 1906 S.F. Earthquake

A Fence Offset by 1906 S.F. Earthquake

San Andreas Fault (Central CA)

Cumulative Offset across San Andreas Fault

Damage from 1971 San Fernando Eq.

Damage from 1964 Alaska Earthquake

Damage from 1976 Tangshan Eq. (China)

Damage from Nigata Earthquake (Japan)

Abnormal Animal Behaviors before 1976 M=7.2 Song-Pan Eq. (China) Fish surfacing (240km away, in Chendu) Cat on treetop for 3 days Rabbit twice on rooftop (could not be chased down)

Earthquake Light during Earthquake Swarm (Matsushiro, Japan, 1965-67)

He Anomalies along Faults, before an Earthquake (former U.S.S.R.) Suggesting upward flow of crustal gas

Jordan River, Israel

Sea of Galilee, Israel (me)

Earthquake Fault by Dead Sea (Israel) Host scientists my wife

A cave near the location where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered me

Wailing Wall (Jerusalem, Israel)