Is the large-scale death of people in this age caused by various calamities as is meant by this Quranic verse:
Translation: ‘There is no habitation which We shall not destroy or punish to some degree a short while before the Day of Resurrection.’ This is that time, for people are dying from the plague, earthquakes, storms, shocks of volcanic eruptions, and mutual warfare. Such a variety of causes of death has converged in this age, and they have appeared with such intensity, that an example of this overall state of affairs is not found in any previous age.
1 Surah Bani Isra’il, 17:59 [Publisher]