15 Apr Earthquakes and Tremors Hit Nicaragua

Jeff Bleijerveld, Director of Global Ministries

On Friday afternoon (April 11) I called Juan Pavon, superintendent of Nicaragua Conference. He told me they had experienced an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale on Thursday night.

On April 14, I received an email from him. He said that just 10 minutes after our phone call, a second quake struck, this one measuring 6.7.

The Associate Press reports that there have been hundreds of small aftershocks and at least seven quakes since Thursday night. The 1972 earthquake which devastated Managua and killed 10,000 people was a magnitude 6.2 quake.

Rev. Pavon told me that people are getting very panicky.They are trusting the Lord, but nevertheless ask for our prayers.