Philippines 7.8 Earthquake Raises Seabed 2 Metres, Killing Marine Life

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake off southern Mindanao has killed at least 61 people and caused dramatic 'coastal uplift', permanently extending shorelines by up to 200 metres and exposing coral reefs now strewn with dead marine life. Jesus explicitly warned that earthquakes in diverse places would be a defining sign of the approaching end of the age, and events of this geological scale — reshaping coastlines overnight — underscore the accelerating intensity of those birth pangs. Luke 21:11 speaks of 'great earthquakes' alongside fearful events as precursors to the return of Christ.