8.0 reported so far. Rattled us good & proper in Himamaylan Negros Occ & still is....worst since I've been here...
The better half was able to get a call through to me here for about a minute, assume there are some infrastructure problems since I have not been able to get back to her. Hope everyone is safe and sound for all you families and everyone living in Negros.
You landlords memory might be just a little out of sync. That was the first really big one since the previous really big one last year, which caused a lot of damage and loss of life north of Dumaguete. There have been a lot of smaller ones in between.
The USGS is reporting 7.2. I think the biggest I have experienced here in 5 years was 6.9. That was not the last big one but the one before that. Also, for anyone with kids it appears that DEPED has cancelled classes to check buildings tomorrow. https://www.facebook.com/dzmmteleradyo/posts/10151767963809620
Well,I have now experienced a 7.0 earthquake and been in the center of a category 4 hurricane in Cuba...both times in a concrete building...I'll take the hurricane anyday myself O-|
Apparently this earthquake is tied for 9th strongest of the year worldwide. The last big earthquake for this region appears to be the 6.7 earthquake on February 6, 2012. The big one before that was a 6.4 on July 11, 2011. I thought the 6.4 earthquake felt stronger, but maybe because that's the first earthquake I experienced here. EDIT: BTW, getting my info from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes_in_2013 Just change the year at the end of the URL to get other years.
Brought someone to the ferry this morning, so got up a bit earlier as usual. Back home again, tried to get some sleep. Woke up like I was on the ferry as well instead in my bed. Experienced already some earthquakes before on Negros, but the one this morning was pretty tough. The tv in my bedroom almost tumbled down on the floor and the water donkey in the kitchen found a new place somewhere in the middle, not to say the little things that felt down on the floor.
Make the earthquake work for you I grew up in earthquake country, California USA. During a period of my life I had vested interests in Hurricane country. I much prefer earthquakes. You do not have to sit around watching weather reports to determine if the hurricane (typhoon here) is going to hit you. The anticipation and fear factor is greatly reduced. An earthquake usually done before you know it what it is. You usually realize an earth quake has hit after it is over. You are alive or dead, and nothing else really matters. The damage, if there is any, is done also, and it is time to start repair. Duration of this whole process is usually a few minutes. No hours of anticipation to determine the tract of a typhoon (maybe days of watching a LPA mature) then siting in a “safe” structure for hours wondering if it really is “safe” as a hurricane or typhoon attempts to destroy the structure. If you are new to earthquakes, expect smaller earthquakes for the next 24 hours or more. After shocks they are called. They are usually much smaller and they will not be more damage unless some structure has been compromised by the first quake. Keep your vehicles full of gas and a bag of rice, water and other supplies available just like with a typhoon. Remember to relax. I plan to spend the rest of the day in bed. … Not out of fear. I hope to have my favorite lady with me and take advantage of the extra mother earth supplied action. Make the earthquake work for you. You seldom can get a lady in bed during a typhoon with a promise of extra actions.O-|
In my 5 years here I have been through 3 significant earthquakes and 2 significant typhoons. Each earthquake came, went and I went on about my day. For each typhoon I was without electric and for the second typhoon I was also without water. For each typhoon there was a threat of flooding to my house. The house I just moved from was waist deep during the first typhoon but I didn't live there at the time. For the second typhoon we moved all of our stuff to the loft and stayed with family who lived on higher ground. It was nearly as much work as moving to another house. Yeah, earthquakes are much less a pain in the @ss than typhoons.
