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The Basics of Bible Prophecy
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and down to New Zealand.
Another deep trench runs
from north to south off the
west coast of North and South
America.
The relatively thin crust of the
earth is floating on molten
magma and buckles and
bends as the moon passes, just
as the tides rise and fall.
Earthquake zones are also
areas of frequent volcanic
activity, and eruptions can be
the cause of tsunamis.
Krakatoa 1883
A notable case was Krakatoa,
an island off the coast of Indonesia, which erupted in 1883 sending a
tsunami 120 feet high along the coast of Java and Sumatra that killed
36,000 people. The population of Indonesia was much less in 1883,
and tourism was not advanced as it is today.
Krakatoa was an explosion of gigantic proportions. Before the
eruption the island rose from 1,000 feet below the ocean to 2,660 feet
above sea level. It exploded sending 21 cubic km of rock into the air
and depositing rock and ash over 800,000 sq. km (300,000 sq.miles).
The ocean was so full of floating pumis stone (lightweight gaseous
expanded rock) that shipping was interrupted. The noise of the
explosion could be heard in Sydney and Tokyo, and sound waves
reverberated around the globe for years.
As bad as Krakatoa was, it is minuscule compared with what will
occur during the Tribulation when, as John foresaw:
“A great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third
part of the sea became blood; and the third part of the creatures which
were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships
were destroyed” (Rev.8:8-9).
When one third of sea creatures (trillions) are destroyed by such a
violent upheaval their blood will discolour the oceans, just as a whale’s
blood turns the water red when it is harpooned. Imagine the tsunamis
that will race across the oceans of the world when such a disturbance
occurs.