Earthquake 7.1 Signing On Safe

@Shavkat (140110)

Philippines

July 26, 2022 8:50pm CST

This morning based on this photo's time stamp at 8:43 AM, we experienced an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 in Baguio City, Philippines. How strong is that? When it happens, I was having my ritual in the toilet and ran immediately. I called our two kiddies to calmly move fast outside the house. Our twins and the mom went out for their checkups. I called them up and the rest of the family, and we are all safe. As I googled it, I found that it is not only the Philippines but also Japan, Taiwan, and China experienced an unexpected earthquake. The epicenter is located in Vigan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. Did you experience a strong magnitude of earthquake like this before?

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@DaddyEvil (137503)

• United States

27 Jul 22

I'm glad to know you and your family are all safe! No, I've never experienced an earthquake. Lots of tornadoes, but no earthquakes.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

I am sure that it is scary experiencing tornadoes. I had seen some videos or photos about it. Are they like the same that you experienced?

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

30 Jul 22

@DaddyEvil If I am in that situation, I am going to freak out and pray hard to God. I bet the adrenaline rush struck naturally.

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@DaddyEvil (137503)

• United States

28 Jul 22

@Shavkat Yes, One tornado followed Pretty and I for a little while and then came up beside our car but far enough away that it didn't pick the car up. We were driving on a raised road and there was no place to pull over and stop to let the tornado leave us behind. (Pretty was about 7 at the time and I didn't want her scared, so I joked that we could take the tornado with us to the amusement park. She laughed and said that would be fun.) After the tornado stayed beside us for about ten minutes, Pretty told me the tornado had to go somewhere else. A couple of minutes later, the tornado turned away from us. I don't know how she knew it would leave but was happy to see it go.

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@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

27 Jul 22

Here in Manila we felt that too but it was not as strong as it was there in your place. NDRRMC has texted that the epicenter is in Abra which is a 7.3. I know you are near that and Baguio has experience a very bad one many decades ago. Hope that everyone there did not suffer major damage since a 7.0 is really strong quake already.

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@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

29 Jul 22

@Shavkat Yes I do remember that but I was very far from it and didn't experience it firsthand over there. I just read over the news about the devastation that happened there and I think there was one prominent province mate that was there attending a seminar in one of the hotels there that collapse at that time.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

Yes, it was. The situation flashed back to when it happened on the 16th of July 1990. Can you still remember it? I think we experienced a magnitude of 7.7 if not mistaken at that time.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

30 Jul 22

@rsa101 It was a tragic ending for some people here at that time. I can still remember a building collapsed and killed lots of students.

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@allknowing (137605)

• India

28 Jul 22

7.1 according to me is pretty strong. Good that you are all safe

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@allknowing (137605)

• India

28 Jul 22

@Shavkat Praise the Lord!

@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

30 Jul 22

@allknowing Amen.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

I am also glad that no tsunami happened to those places near the beaches. It is somewhat close to the epicenter of this earthquake.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

27 Jul 22

That sounds like quite a large earthquake. I hope everyone there is safe.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

Luckily, no one got hurt yesterday. I had checked an update that my city experienced the magnitude of 6.8.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

30 Jul 22

@JudyEv I agree with you.

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@JudyEv (341824)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jul 22

@Shavkat That's still quite a big earthquake.

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@freelancermariagrace (28620)

• Philippines

29 Jul 22

I'm glad you and your family are safe. I felt the strong earthquake here in Elyu. It was terrifying.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

29 Jul 22

I am glad that it did not continue like what had happened in 1990 here. Is it also a strong one in LU?

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@freelancermariagrace (28620)

• Philippines

2 Aug 22

@yoalldudes (35037)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

I didnt feel the earthquake from my location South Luzon. I'm glad you and your family is safe. 7.1 is strong.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

I also think that it is too high that can be damaged and injured a lot if it continues. The magnitude is nearly the same as what happened in Baguio City in 1990 with a magnitude of 7.7.

@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

30 Jul 22

@yoalldudes I agree with you.

@yoalldudes (35037)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

@Shavkat The aftershocks can destroy buildings. Slowly shaking them, I see what you mean.

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@youless (112570)

• Guangzhou, China

27 Jul 22

This is a serious earthquake. I hope no more people wounded. I haven't felt it here.

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@youless (112570)

• Guangzhou, China

28 Jul 22

@Shavkat Probably.

@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

It seems the earthquake did not pass through your country China. Or, perhaps the magnitude is not too strong to be felt there.

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@ptrikha_2 (47064)

• India

27 Jul 22

We had Nepal earthquake in 2015 amd another of high magnitude in 2005. Luckily for us, the epicenter was away. I just prey that it did not do much damage to the affected countries and folks are safe!

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@averygirl72 (37845)

• Philippines

27 Jul 22

Yes I felt it because I'm sitting in front of the computer. My head feels heavy and so dizzy. I feel like the ground is swaying

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

It was a sudden moment that we normally experience a bit dizzy and disoriented upon waking up if still asleep.

@averygirl72 (37845)

• Philippines

29 Jul 22

@Shavkat Yes disoriented when waking up

@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

27 Jul 22

Do you live close to the epicenter? I experienced a couple of strong ones, it's scary.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

It is a bit far. It will take about 5 to 6 hours from my city by bus. I also experienced a killer quake in July 16, 1990. We experienced sleeping on the road because of random aftershocks at that time.

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@LadyDuck (472004)

• Switzerland

28 Jul 22

@Shavkat The very strong I experienced was a lot closer to me, it was only 2 hours drive from our city.

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@wolfgirl569 (107932)

• Marion, Ohio

27 Jul 22

Glad everyone is safe. We dont really have them in our area

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

I had checked some news. There are some landslides happened on our main roads, but no one got hurt.

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@wolfgirl569 (107932)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Jul 22

@Shavkat Glad to hear of no injuries.

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@mom210 (9115)

• United States

27 Jul 22

Wow be careful. We don't have quakes here usually, if we do, they are pretty tiny. We don't know about them until we hear about it on the radio

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

It is a good thing that the magnitude is not too strong to be experienced there. I was a bit jumpy when it happened, since we experienced killer earthquake last 16th of July 1990.

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@sarik1 (7284)

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27 Jul 22

Glad to know that you are safe.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

Thank you for your concern.

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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

28 Jul 22

No, we don't normally have earthquakes in Texas, and when I lived in California I was very happy that one didn't happen while I was there. Of course, I don't want anyone else to have one either.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

It is always a running battle to live in my city, but we keep on brushing off the idea of leaving the place. I heard that California does not have this.

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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

30 Jul 22

@Shavkat Does not have earthquakes?

@FourWalls (68915)

• United States

27 Jul 22

I live in a part of the United States that isn’t “normally” prone to big earthquakes. I do remember one in 2008, centered about 170 miles from me, feeling like a truck had hit my house. California is the part of America that stereotypically gets the most earthquakes here (along with Alaska, but Alaska isn’t as heavily-populated as California). I’m glad you’re okay, and I hope there wasn’t any serious damage done to your home and no fatalities.

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@Shavkat (140110)

• Philippines

28 Jul 22

Honestly, I was not able to sleep well because there is another aftershock that happened around 8:00 PM here in my city. Gladly, it stopped after this. On July 16, 1990, we experienced a killer earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7.

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