Experiencing An Earthquake At The Office.
By ARIES1973
@ARIES1973 (11426)
Legaspi, Philippines
August 31, 2012 8:08am CST
We came back to the office at around 8pm today because we are still rushing out some of our needed documents for the second day of our seminar. After sometime, we felt some movement of the sorrounding. One of my group mates shouted, "earthquake!" I estimated it at magnitude 7. We were so worried but just stay as calm as possible. There are lots of people outside because there is an activity and the people were instructed to stay calm. Thanks God, there is no casualties related to the incident.
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15 responses
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
2 Sep 12
Yes pahak! We should be thankful that everything is okay and pray that this thing will never happen again. Thank you for sharing.
@alberello (4752)
• Italy
1 Sep 12
Well, I just read in the news yesterday that magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the Philippine Islands.
Fortunately, from what I could see, there were no victims.
Obviously I have many friends Mylotters coming from the Philippines, so my concern was immediately directed at them.
I've heard of many people who are moving away from areas near the sea to move in hilly areas. This as a precaution in case overtake (And I pray and I hope that does not happen!), the tsunami effect.
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
2 Sep 12
Everything is okay as of now alberello. I hope this thing will not happen again especially the tsunami. Thank you for your concern.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
31 Aug 12
I haven't felt the earth move here in our place (Manila)
though some claims they've felt it.
We're having our weekly meeting around 8pm and we started receiving text by 9pm.
We are dismissed after confirming its true..
Hope nothing follows...:(
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
2 Sep 12
Hi jaiho! Yes everything is okay now. Hope this thing will not happen again.
@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
Thank God you are all safe. I don't get the news last night because we sleep early. I just read it over the net this morning. That earthquake reminds me of the killer earthquake in 1990. I was in grade 3 that time and I was terribly scared. I also read about tsunami alert. I pray this won't happen in Jesus name.
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@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
31 Aug 12
Hi friend, sorry to hear about this earth quake, hope there is no loss with this earth quake. This kind of natural disasters will give more pain to us, as well as they are unpredictable.
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
2 Sep 12
Hi friend! Thank you for the concern. As of now, everything is fine and I hope that it will be okay on the days to come.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
2 Sep 12
Yes it's true! My heart was really beating fast during that time. I can not run because there are lots of people outside and we were on the second floor of the building. I hope everything will be fine.
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
31 Aug 12
I live in California, and we have been getting them more often here where I live as well. You can try to stay calm as much as you can, but you don't see them coming, and you never know when a big one is going to strike.
Just a few days ago we had one in the Yorba Linda Area, and this wasn't the first. About one to two weeks ago, we had two other earthquakes from the same area. We are beginning to wonder if the big one is going to hit anytime soon?
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
2 Sep 12
You are right rogue, we really can tell when will be the next. Al we can do is to pray that everything will be okay.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
31 Aug 12
Everyone is okay. We are thankful that there is no any damage in any kind.
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
1 Sep 12
hope you are safe,i just read on the news about the earthquake spanning over different places and people instructed to be quiet and calm.hope all is fine
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
2 Sep 12
Hi mikyung. Thank you for your concern. Everything is fine now.
@dsw313 (320)
• Philippines
1 Sep 12
Earthquake, that's my greatest fear! whenever I feel that the ground is moving, my heart palpitates and I am feeling super nervous. :( Glad that you are all safe and there's no tsunami.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
1 Sep 12
Thank you Raine. so far, there are no aftershocks. hope this thing will not happen again. Everything is normal as of now.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
31 Aug 12
Yes we are thankful that everythin was okay. As of now we have known that it is a magnitude 7.9 earthquake and it's already in the news. Thanks for sharing friend!
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
31 Aug 12
Let us thank the Lord that everything is okay. This is very sudden. We are not expecting this thing to happen.
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
1 Sep 12
I have experienced many small earthquakes and several larger ones. Category 7 was the largest. I was in my office when the biggest one occured and it was scary. I stood under the doorway for safety as this was the strongest part of the building. My main fear was that my office is very, very close to the sea and yes, the thought of a tsunami did enter my head. Fortunately, there were no casualities on the Island from this one. Glad tht you were okay.
