Earthquakes Increasing

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese woman Tuesday became the first victim of a powerful earthquake that hit northern Japan last week when she died of injuries from the quake, local media said. The 64-year-old woman had suffered brain hemorrhaging after she fell from her hospital bed in the city of Iwaki during the earthquake, according to Japanese media reports. The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.8, struck early Thursday near the coast of Iwate, 280 miles northeast of Tokyo. Iwaki is in nearby Fukushima Prefecture. The quake injured at least 99 people, triggered landslides and cut power to thousands of homes.

• JJ Commentary: The frequency of earthquakes has been increasing, a sign of the times that Jesus told us to watch for in Matthew 24:7