Ptwc.weather.gov:  A major 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at 05:04:57 UTC, at a depth of 121.2 km (75.3 mi).

Commentary:  The Bible says that at the time of the end, "There will be great earthquakes in various places, famines, pestilences, and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven" Luke 21:11.  The storms the earth has been experiencing in the last two years are phenomenal, as is the increase in earthquakes in only the last year, demonstrated by the chart below.  There have been five major (>5.9) earthquakes in the last seven days!


Source:  www.dlindquist.com