Christmas quake?
December 25, 2008
Before anything else, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a blast of a Christmas day with your family or friends or even without anyone.
Well, it was a most unusual Christmas day in Gensan today. An earthquake hit Gensan somewhere around 12nn. According to IRIS Seismic Monitor, it recorded a magnitude of 6.2. I felt a strong jolt that felt like a sudden brake on a mobile car and followed by a lingering swaying that made me dizzy. I thought the oil bottle would fall on my head!
Thank God it did not cause any mishap in my house. And I wish that it did not cause any damage to Gensan either.
Entry Filed under: Bolodo Family, Events. Tags: christmas day, earthquake, gensan.
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Mindanao Bob | December 25, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Hi Cathy – We felt it quite strong in Davao too, although I think maybe about a 5.0 or so, not as strong as you felt. I am not sure if you are aware, but when we lived in GenSan, there was a big quake on New Years Day 2002 – 7.2 on the Richter Scale. I thought we were going to die that morning when the quake shook us out of bed!
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Cathy | December 25, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Hi Bob! Merry Christmas! Oh my! 7.2? That’s really a strong quake. I thought it would get stronger since it started out strong already. Was preparing our Christmas lunch with ground beef and basil smell on my hand, I quickly picked up Cedric from his crib. Good thing it didn’t cause any damage.
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Gay | December 26, 2008 at 12:01 am
Hi Cathy, Merry Christmas! I’m home now and was surprised to hear about the earthquake. Glad that everything is ok and I look forward to coming back in two weeks. See you!
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Cathy | December 26, 2008 at 9:32 am
Hi gay! Merry Christmas! Kakagulat nga e. imagine earthquake on christmas day!
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kongleong | December 26, 2008 at 1:26 pm
hi cathy,
fortunately no casualty in this case. i heard the news too from here in Malaysia. Remembered the tsunami years ago, it happened here on Dec 26. i was on bed and got a big shake and ready to be called
as everyone rushed out of the apartments
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Cathy | December 26, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Hi kongleong! oh yeah i remember that tsunami. i guess disaster likes to hit us when we are at at least on our guards.
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jon | January 19, 2009 at 11:50 pm
i didnt know that an earthquake occurred…
or is it i was too drunk because of xmas… XD
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Cathy | January 20, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Hi Jon! Yup, you must be very drunk!