Signs of the Living God — Page 51
51 From this it can be seen that these disasters paled into insignificance when compared to the ones under present discussion. Here I have divided them into two periods, that is the time before the publication of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya and the time after. This is sufficient to show that over this short period of time, earthquakes have increased exponentially and caused grave losses. They, therefore, provide a stark contrast with what passed before. The following table is a list of earthquakes that occurred before the publication of Barahin : Location Number of Fatalities Year Sicily 60,000 1693 Lima 18,000 1724 Aleppo 22,000 1822 Calabria 10,000 1857 Lisbon 50,000 1755 Calabria 60,000 1783 Kyoto 41,000 1797 Caracas 12,000 Mendoza 12,000 1860 Peru and Ecuador 25,000 1868 Manila 3000 1880