Bible Trivia: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

In Matthew 24:4-14, Jesus explains that earthquakes:

A:  are a sign of the end of the world

B:  are a sign of judgement day

C:  are a sign of the lord's power

D:  are natural events that occur on a planet with a cooling crust

 and luckily no one died...probably.

 ANSWER:  B

⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains.
⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. ¹⁰ At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹ and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. ¹² Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

 Birth pains?

to what?

Well no.  Earthquakes are no mystery.  They do not represent judgement day coming.  We know exactly what earthquakes are, why they happen and can even make educated guesses on when they will occur.  

In fact, it has been proven that not only can we monitor them but it's possible to make them.