6.9 Magnitude Quake hits Philippines
I thought my swivel chair was just moving side-by-side as I was scribbling on my desk. Little did I know that it was already an earth quake. To my estimate, it was about magnitude 2.0 on the Richter scale. I was just surprised as it has been a long time that a tremor has been felt in Butuan. Several minutes later, it was already in the national news. It was a 6.9 magnitude quake that centered in Central Visayas in the Philippines. The epicenter of the quake, which was dubbed as a “blind fault” by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA), was located 72 km (44 miles) North of Dumaguete in Negros Oriental, Philippines; 74 km (45 miles) West-North-West of Tagbilaran in Bohol, Philippines; 80 km (49 miles) West-South-West of Cebu City in Cebu, Philippines; and 569 km (353 miles) South-South-East of Manila, Philippines.
Epicenter location of the quake
As of this writing, one dead has already been reported a child from the Municipality of Tansay in Negros Oriental in the Visayas who was run over by a wall when the tremor was felt. A Tsunami alert level 2 has already been raised by PAG-ASA on the sea shores of Cebu and Negros. Electricity and communication (cell phone signal) has been cut as a precautionary measure.
With the recent calamity that struck Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao, I’m urging my readers to please pray for the safety of everybody affected. God bless us all
jhazzme
Let’s all pray for our kapwa-Visayan’s safety…