quickSHAKE!
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
July 9, 2018 1:17am CST
I was typing a response when I felt my wooden chair moved. I expected one of the ‘city’ dogs was scratching his back under the chair, or maybe Chibi was rolling over to scratch his back. I was wrong. The shaking of the chair lasted for about 8-10 seconds.
I immediately looked up at our chandeliers and these were not moving. That is my gauge if we had earthquake. I thought that was a quick shake.
My sister also peeped from her room. She asked me, “ Was there an earthquake?”. I answered yes. “The chandeliers did not move though”, I replied.
Do you get scared when you “feel the earth move under your feet?”
-----------a line of a song by Carole King is mentioned in the last question asked in this discussion.
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12 responses
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
9 Jul 18
Yes, I am afraid to earthquake ,. I have never experienced such thing.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
@Jessabuma baguio is a perilous area when quakes hit the ground. hope there are no landslides along Kennon road.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
then you should be aware of the 'duck, cover and hide(?) technique'. this is what is taught to us whenever there is earthquake but please rectify if it is hide or another word.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
9 Jul 18
@ridingbet yes po. I have heard of the techniques during earthquake .
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@LadyDuck (471354)
• Switzerland
11 Jul 18
@ridingbet None, we have no strong earthquakes, no hurricanes, no tornadoes, this is a very safe place for what concerns natural disasters.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
that is good to know. if you don't mind my asking, what natural disasters visit your place?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jul 18
@LadyDuck oh, so really, your place is the ideal place where a person who has extreme fright on natural disasters should reside. 
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@neelia_lyn (2003)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
My first impulse is to run outside every time there's an earthquake because I'm scared - a result of the 1990 earthquake.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jul 18
@neelia_lyn oh, so i am waaaayy older than you, hija.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
how young were you in 1990 earthquake?
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@rakski (122350)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
@ridingbet oh okay. It is a low magnitude?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
there was a mild earthquake here in my province. there is a dormant volcano in a town north from where i live, but i don't think this was the reason for the tremor.
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
9 Jul 18
Yeah.. Once I had felt the tremors and I thought that it's the speakers on the bed vibrating. But in few seconds, I heard a lot of noise outside then I came to know it was an earthquake
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
it is more dangerous if the entire room shakes and the things on top of the counters fall. and yes, there is a distinct sound of the shaking ground.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
@anamika161088 well, the electronic appliances that you have might really create very loud sounds that your floor moves, right?
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@anamika161088 (11866)
• India
9 Jul 18
@ridingbet Yes. That experience taught me how to differenciate between earthquake and vibrations from electronic appliances...
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
Definitely, I have phobia regarding earthquake, my memories on the 1990 earthquake still remain until now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
where were you during the 1990 earthquake? i was in Kuwait that time.
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@simplfred (20641)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
@ridingbet In school, I was grade 5 then.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
@simplfred therefore, you are way younger than me.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
9 Jul 18
Thankfully, I have never experienced one but I would be afraid of them. Glad to hear the one you felt was very minor.
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@Letranknight2015 (51938)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
I'm kinda used to it. Sometimes it's just my old chair rocking and wouldn't the difference anymore. unless it's more than 3, i wouldn't get scared much.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
11 Jul 18
yes if you are seated in your rocking chair that you may not feel the tremors, but if you are seated in an ordinary stationary chair and you move, then it could be a quake. but let us not be relaxed. it is still good to be ready always.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
sometimes while sleeping, i would suddenly wake up because i felt my bed was moving, and i did not think there was a ghost playing pranks on me. it as earthquake.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
12 Jul 18
yes, it is good to pray so you won't experience having quakes.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
may i ask if there were earthquakes there in Germany?
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@thelme55 (76944)
• Germany
12 Jul 18
@ridingbet not often as in the Phils. I have only experienced one time in 37 years that I am living in Germany but it was only light and very short. That was I think in the 90s.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jul 18
yes, there were no damages. it was just a short shake and tremor that even our chandelier did not move at all.
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