Far from home, Montreal’s Venezuelan community rallies to send earthquake relief
The Arepera du Plateau restaurant in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal borough was taken over by volunteers on Saturday. They were busy organizing donated supplies destined for earthquake relief in Venezuela, after back-to-back quakes on Wednesday devastated the …
"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places."
Global activity summary (24h)
In the last 24 hours, 13 seismic events have been recorded, including a magnitude 6.0 earthquake north of Caluula, Somalia, and another of magnitude 4.9 near Houma, Tonga. Additionally, there have been 72 disaster-related events, notably multiple forest fires in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania, and Namibia, which have been active since mid-August. In the realm of conflicts, 4 events have been documented, although details have not been specified. The passages in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 invite the reader to discern.
Last 24 hours — Earthquake
M 4.6 - 119 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
Aug 28, 12:43 AM UTC · 119 km NNW of Ternate, Indonesia
M 4.9 - 264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
Aug 27, 11:02 PM UTC · 264 km WNW of Houma, Tonga
M 4.6 - 35 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan
Aug 27, 10:13 PM UTC · 35 km SSW of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan