An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.8 struck today near the Kuril Islands, a remote archipelago between Russia’s Far East and Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The temblor’s epicenter was 100 miles (161 km) south-southwest of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia, and 1,231 miles (1,981 km) northeast of Tokyo, Japan. It originated 3 miles (4.9 km) deep and struck at 4:12 a.m. Saturday local time [1812 Friday UTC], the USGS reports.
Earthquakes of this size are considered major and can cause significant damage, especially with poorly built structures. Even well designed buildings can be damaged or, in some cases, destroyed depending on the severity of the quake and a building’s proximity to the epicenter. Earthquakes of this size are sometimes followed by significant aftershocks.
Source: Live Science – Strong Earthquake Strikes Russia’s Kuril Islands
For the second day, the Jim Bakker Show was broadcast from the former PTL Studios at Heritage International (formerly Heritage USA) in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
“Uncle Henry just introduced me again. Who says you don’t live twice?” Jim said, referring to his co-host of the PTL Show, Henry Harrison, who passed into Glory in 1995!
Jim recalled how Cindy Jacobs, a respected Prophet, had said, “you must do your show from Heritage. This is ‘Full Circle’ – God is making this right! Because this is a sign and a symbol that God restores – worldwide! It took courage for Jim Bakker to come back here but he loves you. God has taken our mourning and turned it into dancing. He has given the oil of joy for spirit of heaviness – he has come to bind up the brokenhearted,” referring to a well-known passage of the Bible from Isaiah 61. Continue reading →
This is a day that will go down in history as the Jim Bakker Show was broadcast live from the Upper Room at Heritage International for the first time in over 25 years.
There was a standing ovation in the Upper Room for Pastor Jim Bakker as he was introduced as host of the Jim Bakker Show by the posthumus voice of Henry Harrison, the co-host of PTL for many years, who passed into Glory in 1995! The Upper Room was filled with old friends from long ago in the history of Heritage USA, and others who came to witness this historic event. Continue reading →
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A deadly snowstorm packing hurricane-force wind pummeled the Great Plains on Monday, the second bout of fierce winter weather there in less than a week. Authorities pleaded with people to stay off the roads. Continue reading →
Winter Storm Rocky is bearing down on the central Plains, forcing cancellations, forcing the closure of highways in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles and sending work crews scrambling for salt and sand less than a week after Winter Storm Q dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region. Continue reading →
Blizzard conditions again descended on the midsection of the country Monday, bringing hurricane-force winds to the Texas Panhandle, closing highways in Texas and Oklahoma and putting already snow-covered parts of Kansas on high alert as the day progressed. Continue reading →
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 jolted eastern Japan on Monday, public broadcaster NHK said, adding that no tsunami warning had been issued. Continue reading →
Sometimes the atmosphere locks into repeating patterns, bringing repeated bouts of rain or snow, or a lack thereof.
That’s exactly what is happening now, as yet another winter storm, Winter Storm Rocky, targets the Plains and Midwest, across many of the same areas impacted by Winter Storm Q. Continue reading →
