[Quix]

Ask God why he would use a sledge hammer crude thing like a quake--

Evidently, it's because we have refused to listen to His Still Small Voice and accuse those who do their best at listening to His still small voice to be tin foil hat fanatics.

But ask Him. I don't pretend to read His mind on the whys of such things.

[HairOfTheDog]

I am not reading his mind. You are the one that is seeing earthquakes as a communication from God.