Mindanao earthquake

[bastonjock]

7 hours ago, Tommy T. said:

Sorry to hear that. Is that at your place near Mintal?

I was already planning on going to the home site this morning. I don't think there will be damage, but you never know how it felt there vs. 15 kms. away here in the city.

Shes going to check the farm house later , I'll find out soon 

[Tommy T.]

45 minutes ago, bastonjock said:

Shes going to check the farm house later , I'll find out soon 

I visited the house construction site this morning. The boys there said the morning quake was fairly mild and so no problems there so I am fairly confident that your farmhouse was not affected this time. Looking at the Philvolcs records just now, it seems like a lot of the Philippines seems to be waking up tectonically lately or is it just that we are more sensitive to the activity now?

There was another quake - I don't think it would be an aftershock? - 20 minutes ago at 3 pm - 4.2 in Lupon, Davao Oriental.

[bastonjock]

43 minutes ago, Tommy T. said:

I visited the house construction site this morning. The boys there said the morning quake was fairly mild and so no problems there so I am fairly confident that your farmhouse was not affected this time. Looking at the Philvolcs records just now, it seems like a lot of the Philippines seems to be waking up tectonically lately or is it just that we are more sensitive to the activity now?

There was another quake - I don't think it would be an aftershock? - 20 minutes ago at 3 pm - 4.2 in Lupon, Davao Oriental.

Gfs telling me that there was another a few minutes past  the farms good   these little piggies are going to the market in December lol 

 

[Gary D]

I see Davao is being rocked again. 6.8 must have done some damage.

[bastonjock]

13 minutes ago, Gary D said:

I see Davao is being rocked again. 6.8 must have done some damage.

Yes , gfs just told me that her house has been cracked in a few places 

[Mike J]

My sister in law lives in Davao.  She sent a text that it was scary but the family is okay.  The hid under the kitchen table until the shaking stopped.

[Huggybearman]

I got 2 messages from NDMMRC? advising that two areas near to Davao had earthquakes at 2.35pm and 3.15pm, both of 6.9 magnitude. We only felt one but it seemed worse here in CDO than the previous ones.

[JDDavao II]

Only one major quake to my knowledge. The initial jolt sideways nearly knocked me off of my feet. Definitely a shaker and not a bouncer, with a very long, slow trail off of vibration. 

From the Last Quake app:

The largest red dot on the left is the initial temblor. The others are aftershocks. The dot size indicates magnitude.

Edited December 15, 2019 by JDDavao
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[Mike J]

News article from Al Jazeera.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/deadly-earthquake-strikes-southern-philippines-191215085405295.html

Deadly earthquake strikes southern Philippines
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake southwest of Davao on Mindanao island kills at least four and injures several others

A powerful earthquake has struck near the Philippine city of Davao, killing at least one person and causing several injuries. This was the latest in a series of tremors to strike the southern part of the country recently.

The magnitude 6.8 earthquake on Sunday was centred 60 kilometres (38 miles) southwest of Davao on the island of Mindanao at a depth of 30km (18 miles), the US Geological Survey said, revising it down from an earlier 6.9.

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A three-storey supermarket collapsed in Padada town in Davao Del Sur province, 1,000km (621 miles) south of Manila, killing at least three people, according to Superintendent Samuel Tadeo, the Bureau of Fire Protection operations chief.

An undetermined number of people were believed trapped under the rubble and six were rescued from the collapsed building, he said.

In nearby Matanao town, a six-year-old girl was killed when she was hit by a falling concrete wall in their house, said Vincent Fernandez, the municipality's mayor.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the earthquake.

Anthony Allada, public information officer of Magsaysay near the epicentre, said 14 people were injured but none seriously. Roads and buildings, including the local government office, were damaged and power was out in the town, he said.

The region was shaken by four powerful quakes in October and November, which together killed at least 20 people.

"We don't know what to do anymore. Do we respond first or attend to our families first?" Allada told DZMM radio.

President Rodrigo Duterte, who is from Davao, was in the city when the earthquake struck.

"He is ok. He and his daughter Kitty were in their house when the quake struck," presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said. "First Lady Honeylet was on her way home when the ground trembled. She said her car was swaying. She is unhurt."

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said damage and aftershocks could be expected.

Several strong aftershocks were recorded after the earthquake, the strongest a magnitude 5.7 centred north of General Santos City.

Radio DZMM reported power was out in General Santos City, where patients at a local hospital were being evacuated.

Video footage of the earthquake posted by users on Twitter showed electrical wires swaying and erupting in a shower of sparks. Another video showed water sloshing out of a hotel swimming pool.

The Philippine archipelago lies on the so-called Pacific "Ring of fire" - an arc of faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes occur.

[JDDavao II]

According to the apps I use, there have been more than 25 aftershocks of 4.0 or greater. Dropping the threshold to 3.0 or greater shows more than 60 aftershocks.

If you're a praying person, say a few words for the people close to the epicenter who surely must be under the tremendous stress of feeling every aftershock.