Signs of the Living God — Page 52
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 52 [Here is a list of earthquakes] after Barahin-e- Ahmadiyya was published: Location Number of Fatalities Year Ischia 2000 1883 Krakatoa 35,000 1883 Japan 26,000 1896 Mount Pelee 20,000 1902 India 15,000 1905 San Francisco 1500 1906 Valparaiso, Chile 2500 1906 Jamaica 1000 1907 Messina and Calabria 300,000 1908 According to these figures, in the first recorded 290 years the death toll from 11 earthquakes stood at 313,000 lives. However, in the 10 earthquakes that have occurred over the past 26 years, the number of fatalities is documented at 403,000 an increase of almost 100,000 indicating that earthquakes have become deadlier. Two further earthquakes which struck in Italy and Turkey in 1914 increase the number of earthquakes and add another 100,000 to the death toll. It is important to note that the