USGS:  A 6.1 major earthquake hit Amurskaya Oblast', Russia on 10/14/11 at 06:10:15 UTC, at a depth of 15.3 km (9.5 mi)
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Commentary:  "There will be great earthquakes in various places, famines and pestilences, and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven" Luke 21:11.  Check out this graph below, which clearly shows the phenomenal increase in earthquakes throughout the world since 1973:
 

Major earthquakes greater than 6.99 magnitude are occurring at an alarming frequency:
1863 - 1900 =  12
1901 - 1938 =  53
1939 - 1976 =  71
1977 - 3/11/11 = 164
* Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Deadly_Earthquakes_Since_1900 (there is currently an updated graph on wiki)