Did you just feel the earth move under your feet?

Question

...that quake really scared me!

Magnitude 4.2 quake rocks Luzon, Manila
AMITA LEGASPI, GMANews.TV
11/27/2007 | 12:37 PM

(Updated 1:02 p.m.) MANILA - A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook central and northern Luzon, including the Philippine capital, shortly after noon Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of injuries and damage.

A report from Associated Press said buildings across Manila shook for several seconds. Panicked residents also ran out into the streets, including some employees working in the Malacañang presidential palace and establishments in the Makati financial district.

In a phone interview with GMANews.TV, Jenjen de Ocampo, Science Research Specialist II of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said the tremor occurred 12:26 p.m. and measured 4.2 on the Richter Scale.

De Ocampo said the quake's epicenter was located 77 kilometers northwest of Lingayen, Pangasinan.

She said the quake was tectonic in origin and had a depth of 32 kilometers. The possible source of the earthquake was the Manila trench.

In its latest bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake was felt at intensity 3 in Manila and Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte and at intensity 2 in Quezon City.

Interviewed over QTV's Balintanghali, Phivolcs chief Renato Solidum said intensity 4 was felt in La Union.

Solidum said significant damages to property were not to be expected given the magnitude of the earthquake. Phivolcs also said it is not expecting aftershocks related to the earthquake. - with reports from AP, GMANews.TV

Answer 1

nope not here, but last night I felt my whole body move :-)

Answer 2

No, but my folks called me to report the same thing, I'd say only minutes after I first read this Question of yours.

And then, later on at lunchtime, it was already in TV Patrol (The Filipino Channel) and Kuya Kim Atienza was explaining on difference between Intensity and Magnitude readings.

They say that here, in Saudi Arabia, it has never known an earthquake.

Answer 3

I have once. I was in very deep meditation, for a change. Normally, I only get into it for a few minutes before the phone goes off or the cat jumps on my head. But this time, I was really in there and I felt myself leave my body. I could feel the earth rotating. It was the weirdest feeling I've ever had and somehow, I knew exactly what it was. Was that what you meant? (((LISA)))

Answer 4

My classmates in Pangasinan texted me (in the cellphone), that their classes were canceled and they let them go home... Thank God their okay,,, although the intensity over there was much higher than Manila's...

I hope no body got hurt...

Answer 5

Yes. In fact we were just about to start a meeting when one of my senior staff had to excuse herself to call home and check on her kid.

We weren't really scared. They come every so often, and the building we are in is an old but sturdy structure.

Answer 6

I just left Makati when I heard the news in the radio! I was far away already so I didn't feel the shake. Thank God nobody was harmed.

Answer 7

Nope. My boss asked me if I felt an earthquake and I said that she's just probably dizzy, so she ate a slice of melon to ward off the dizziness. :-)

Answer 8

I didn't because I'm continents away..review your emergency plan always. Your chances for survival increases when you know what to do in case of emergencies =)

Answer 9

Yes just a few minutes ago and it really scared the hell out of me..

Answer 10

Yep.

My office is on the 36th floor of the building. We could see everything swaying.