Definitely an Earthquake.

@rakski (122884)
Philippines
June 14, 2023 9:42pm CST
Sitting on the living room sofa while my legs crossed and my laptop on my lap, replying to my mylot notifications, I felt movement. I feel I am being swayed so I look at the stand fan, then at the hanging light fixtures, and yes they are all swaying as well that confirmed that there was just an earthquake here a few minutes ago. It lasted quite a while as I was able to gather my kids in the living room, probably less than a minute (30 to 40 seconds maybe). I am still trying to find out the epicenter of the earthquake. We actually have three active volcanoes right now.
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@marguicha (222974)
• Chile
15 Jun 23
I hate earthquakes. It seems that I feel more quakes now that I´m mylotting until late
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
I also do not like this earthquake
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@marguicha (222974)
• Chile
15 Jun 23
@rakski You never know how big it will get.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
@marguicha that is true
@AmbiePam (92708)
• United States
15 Jun 23
That is certainly scary when you live close to three volcanoes. I mean earthquakes alone are scary, but a volcano always adds a bit of extra fright.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
We have a lot of volcanoes here in my country. But these three choose to be active at the same time, though the two are in different provinces. The smallest one is the one nearest us and has been quite active since early this year
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
15 Jun 23
I hope the epicenter isn't anywhere close to you/your home and everyone stays safe there.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
15 Jun 23
@rakski You're welcome. I'm glad it was far away.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
the epicenter is 3-4 hours away from us. thank you
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
15 Jun 23
Stay safe. Earthquakes are frightening.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
that is true. Thank you
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@prasuns (1288)
• New Delhi, India
15 Jun 23
Stay safe. It sounds scary, 30-40 seconds is too much time and lot of devastation can take place during that.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
thank you. Yes, it is quite long
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
@prasuns thank you
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@prasuns (1288)
• New Delhi, India
15 Jun 23
@rakski be safe.
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
15 Jun 23
I'm sorry to hear that, hope the earthquake doesn't damage the surroundings and you survive
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
so far, we are okay. I do not have news yet those who are nearer the epicenter
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
19 Jun 23
I had the same thing; I was working at my laptop when I heard a loud thump, and when I looked over at our TV, it was slightly swaying. I initially assumed I was just feeling queasy, but when I looked at my aquarium, the water was off-balance and swaying as well. As the water in my tank would typically remain motionless if there was no movement, that proved it was an earthquake.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
22 Jun 23
@rakski That is true or perhaps there are many aftershocks that happened it was not noticeable anymore.
@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
22 Jun 23
good that there was no aftershock
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@vandana7 (100280)
• India
16 Jun 23
As a child, I have never felt those quakes, or maybe we were so occupied with other things and tired as kids to feel them...slept through them. As adult, I have been through 2 of them. First one was sharp...may not have been more than 5 seconds.....but really scary felt it through my belly kinda..as if it had some link to the core. Very loud too. The other lasted perhaps 20 seconds...but not something that scared me as much as the first one. I am glad you all are safe, and there are no damages to property either. Active volcanoes... Blink. I always thought your country was very beautiful. This is scary.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
I am glad we are safe and there were no injuries due to this. It is scary when you feel it especially when it last longer than just a few seconds.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
15 Jun 23
Hope all safe
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
16 Jun 23
@rakski how is the weather?
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
yes, we are thankffully
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
@prashu228 the sun is out
@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
15 Jun 23
Earthquakes always scare me, I have experienced some and I have always been concerned.
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@LadyDuck (471497)
• Switzerland
15 Jun 23
@rakski When the house shakes and all the books fell from the shelves is scary.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
@LadyDuck that is true.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
same with me. Though they always do drills and practices here, it is different when the real thing is there
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@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Jun 23
Earthquakes are very scary events to go through since they can occur at any time.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
that is true. I just gather my kids in the living room so if it will continue, we can go out asap
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@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Jun 23
@rakski I am in agreement with you since a storm when it is coming there is a chance to stay safe.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
17 Jun 23
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
I was inside the bus when that happened. The bus was still in the terminal and waiting for passengers. I didn't feel it but I heard the emergency alerts of our phones and I knew something happened. And when I checked my phone, it said that there was an earthquake.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
good to know that you are safe
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
17 Jun 23
@brokenbee As per Philvocs, it is not related to any volcanic activity even the Taal volcano
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
@rakski Yes it is good we're safe... I still don't know if the earthquake is related to the Mayon volcano....
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Jun 23
I’m sorry I hope everything’s okay., That would be so scary.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
15 Jun 23
So far, all is good. I hope there are no casualties for those near the epicenter
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
@RubyHawk thank God there is no one injured
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
15 Jun 23
@rakski I hope no one was injured.
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@dya80dya (36657)
16 Jun 23
This is scary. Stay safe.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
17 Jun 23
thank you. Yes earthquake is really scary
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
15 Jun 23
We feel the tremors from time to time, but they are not severe. We think ours is from processes they use to pull up oil with high pressure water. It makes things shift.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
so a bit of tremor there are quite usual now?
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
15 Jun 23
I read a post from a Mylotter who comes from Philippines, he also said there was an earthquake. I hope it didn't bring damages to you.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
it was not that much but it was quite long. I heard from news that other areas have stronger tremor
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@May2k8 (18359)
• Indonesia
16 Jun 23
earthquakes are always scary if it shakes for too long, hope it's safe there and no one gets hurt.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
that is true
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@allknowing (136369)
• India
16 Jun 23
Thankfully no damage was done
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
yes, I am very grateful for that
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@RasmaSandra (79833)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jun 23
Glad you are all right and that it was not a big earthquake,
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
that is true, I am thankful for that
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@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
16 Jun 23
I am glad everyone is safe. I enjoy earthquakes.
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@rakski (122884)
• Philippines
16 Jun 23
how can you enjoy that thank you!