Keeping in mind that each year we are better able to monitor and record earthquakes, this guest is just not historically accurate.
Top 50 recorded earthquakes sorted by recorded earthquake magnitude:
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• 1960 05 22 - Chile - M 9.5
• 1964 03 28 - Prince William Sound, Alaska - M 9.2
• 2004 12 26 - Sumatra-Andaman Islands - M 9.1
• 2011 03 11 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 9.0
• 1952 11 04 - Kamchatka - M 9.0
• 1868 08 13 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) - M 9.0
• 1700 01 26 - Cascadia Subduction Zone - M 9.0
• 2010 02 27 - Offshore Bio-Bio, Chile - M 8.8
• 1906 01 31 - Off the Coast of Esmeraldas, Ecuador - M 8.8
• 1965 02 04 - Rat Islands, Alaska - M 8.7
• 1755 11 01 - Lisbon, Portugal - M 8.7
• 1730 07 08 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.7
• 2005 03 28 - Northern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.6
• 1957 03 09 - Andreanof Islands, Alaska - M 8.6
• 1950 08 15 - Assam - Tibet - M 8.6
• 2007 09 12 - Southern Sumatra, Indonesia - M 8.5
• 1963 10 13 - Kuril Islands - M 8.5
• 1938 02 01 - Banda Sea, Indonesia - M 8.5
• 1923 02 03 - Kamchatka - M 8.5
• 1922 11 11 - Chile-Argentina Border - M 8.5
• 1896 06 15 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.5
• 1687 10 20 - Lima, Peru - M 8.5
• 2001 06 23 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.4
• 1933 03 02 - Sanriku, Japan - M 8.4
• 1905 07 09 - Mongolia - M 8.4
• 2006 11 15 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
• 2003 09 25 - Hokkaido, Japan Region - M 8.3
• 1958 11 06 - Kuril Islands - M 8.3
• 1903 08 11 - Southern Greece - M 8.3
• 1897 06 12 - Assam, India - M 8.3
• 1877 05 10 - Offshore Tarapaca, Chile - M 8.3
• 1843 02 08 - Leeward Islands - M 8.3
• 1994 06 09 - Bolivia - M 8.2
• 1968 05 16 - Off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan - M 8.2
• 1943 04 06 - Illapel - Salamanca, Chile - M 8.2
• 1942 08 24 - Off the coast of central Peru - M 8.2
• 1940 05 24 - Callao, Peru - M 8.2
• 1938 11 10 - Shumagin Islands, Alaska - M 8.2
• 1908 12 12 - Off the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.2
• 1906 08 17 - Valparaiso, Chile - M 8.2
• 1835 02 20 - Concepcion, Chile - M 8.2
• 1821 07 10 - Camana, Peru - M 8.2
• 2009 09 29 - Samoa Islands region - M 8.1
• 2007 01 13 - East of the Kuril Islands - M 8.1
• 2007 04 01 - Solomon Islands - M 8.1
• 2004 12 23 - North of Macquarie Island - M 8.1
• 1998 03 25 - Balleny Islands Region - M 8.1
• 1974 10 03 - Near the Coast of Central Peru - M 8.1
• 1966 10 17 - Near the Coast of Peru - M 8.1
• 1957 12 04 - Gobi-Altay, Mongolia - M 8.1
Historic World Earthquakes
The results are all over the map, with at least two other 10-15 year periods that were essentially just as active as the period tonight's guest is referring to as an indicator of prophecy of an impending apocalypse.