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Earthquake in the Philippines

Discussion in 'News from The Philippines' started by John Stevens, Oct 16, 2019.

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  2. Bootsonground
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    I did click that link but just got pop ups asking me to agree to this and that before being able to read the story.
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    The EU's GDPR law asks for every web site you go to to agree to its cookies policy hence the popup but the jist of it was this

    A major 6.4 magnitude tremor rocked the island of Mindanao at 19:37 local time. The earthquake came just 28 miles (46km) southwest of the city of Davao which has a population of more than 1.2 million. One person in Digos, located 14 miles from the epicentre, took to earthquake monitoring site CSEM EMSC to describe the tremor.
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    We live in Davao City. It was the biggest tremor that I have felt in the last 4 years. House was shaking pretty good, but no damage done and nobody harmed.
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    Hope anyone living there had a safe journey..
    We have been through this **** in Baguio and Bohol so we know the feeling.
    This is what we get from wishing to live within the "ring of fire" I guess!
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    Hi... 2 quakes on !

    Hope you're ok down there... my wife has family down there and they aren't answering their phones anymore - do you happen to know if the phone networks are ok or is it like patchy in places?
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    Spoke to my girlfriend yesterday as she has family there too and this one was a bit more destructive even though not as powerful as the first(due to the damage done in the first quake I guess) she got through on the mobile phone.
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    I have not experienced any issues with the mobile networks here. There are 2 condo buildings in Davao City that have been declared unsafe, after one of them had two floors collapse. The shakes and tremors are now a regular occurrence here, several every day. Our house shakes and the windows rattle but fortunately until now, no damage done. It is scary.
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    Very scary, my first was a 7.6 in August 2012... but that was a one off - seems it's happening down there, like you say, daily... hope things calm down soon.
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    6.9 quake this morning, friends house is badly damaged in polomolok, the power is out at lolas beach just outside Davao, hope everyone's families are safe.
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    Davao is typically a quake prone region and will remain so for a very very long time.
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    Yup, used to live there.
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