The chilling claims uploaded to YouTube alleges the space rock will land in the ocean off the coast of Puerto Rico at 2am local time on June 23.

The video entitled '[NOT A HOAX] Urgent Warning to Earth! MASSIVE Asteroid will hit Earth on June 23rd 2017' warns the events will be caused by God before the Rapture, and the only way to survive will be by following Jesus Christ.

It has been uploaded to the new YouTube channel End of The World Apocalypse News and Updates.

The religious video claims the authorities are aware it is coming, but they "remain silent".

A promotional blurb on YouTube states: "I have some Urgent news for you all today, I have just discovered on Nasa's Website that is named 3BC2017 a large asteroid is going to smash right into Earth causing a huge tsunami wave across the Atlantic Sea killing millions of citizens around the world.