Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Philippines, no tsunami threat

[CountAllVotes]

Last edited Mon Oct 14, 2013, 09:18 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: Reuters

>> (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said there was no threat of a Pacific-wide tsunami after the quake.

The quake struck at a depth of about 35 km (22 miles) around Bohol island, to the north of Mindanao island. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.





Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/us-quake-philippines-idUSBRE99E00O20131015

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I was on the phone talking to someone from ebay.com a few minutes ago and suddenly a huge earthquake hit.

I advised the young woman that was panicking badly to get under a doorway and brace herself.

You could here all of this thumping and screaming and it went on and on and suddenly the line went dead!!

My god, I think it was India -- not sure; seems it was the Philippines, I stand corrected!

In any event, you could here the thumping, the shaking, etc. and wow, I hope where ever this was, that everyone there is safe.

I'm sure it will be on the news momentarily!!!

Stay safe people wherever you are!!!

YIKES.

Prayers for these people! Lots of them too!

Update with links.

[alfredo]

1. Pakistan 7.7

[CountAllVotes]

4. Holy shit!

I knew it was a big one but I had no idea it was that big!

[alfredo]

35. 7.7 is a mighty shake.

[alfredo]

54. I read the map wrong. I saw the Pakistan quake, I didn't check the date.

[rustysgurl]

2. USGS Furloughed

And because the US Geological Survey is on furlough, the 'timeliness' of their earthquake reporting has been affected.

[James48]

3. Philipines- 7.2

Philipines - magnitude 7.2

M7.2 - 2km S of Nueva Vida Sur, Philippines 2013-10-15 00:12:38 UTC

Link:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt13288000#summary

[James48]

12. More hard data here

and some initial reports by witnesses- saying it lasted a long time.

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/10/15/very-strong-earthquake-mindanao-philippines-on-october-15-2013/

[tofuandbeer]

56. Mental note:

That metal box fell damn close to (and rolled onto) the path those folks were running on.

I live in Southern California, and I know it is hard not to panic and run when a quake hits. I've been through a lot of them and was raised being told not to run outside, but damn it sure is the first reaction.

[uppityperson]

57. Was that a rat or dog or cat that ran across after the people left?

[tofuandbeer]

59. :) I think it was a cat.

[Scairp]

17. Two of them

That might be very bad. Nothing on the India quake on the USPS site yet.

[Scairp]

21. They revised it

Now they have only one quake, same place.

[CountAllVotes]

36. I know it was bad

I've never heard thumping and shaking like that before during an earthquake, esp. during a long distance telephone call!

YIKES!!!!!!!!!!

I know it is bad, very very bad.

[uppityperson]

43. How scary to listen to, being helpless where you are.

Hoping for the best.

[trocar]

5. 7.2 in the Philippines

[darkangel218]

6. These people have gone through hell and back, so many times!

Please Universe, lay off India at least for a while! WTF!!

[arcane1]

7. Yikes indeed! My heart was racing imagining myself in YOUR position.

I can't imagine what it was like for the woman on the phone

[CountAllVotes]

11. All I could think was to tell her to get under a doorway

and brace herself. I repeated this to her a few times and then the phone went dead amidst all of the horrifying screams and loud thumping and shaking sounds!

[itsrobert]

20. Myth

"The safest place to be in an earthquake is under a doorway. That's true only if you live in an unreinforced adobe home. In a modern structure the doorway is no stronger than the rest of the building. Actually, you're more likely to be hurt (by the door swinging wildly) in a doorway. And in a public building, you could be in danger from people trying to hurry outside. If you're inside, get under a table or desk and hang on to it."

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/index/Earthquakes/Pages/qh_earthquakes_myths.aspx

[CountAllVotes]

26. I kind of doubt this lady was in a "modern structure"

Likely some despicable place with despicable working conditions to go with it.

It may have been the proper advice, I don't know. It was all I could think to say amidst the screaming!

What a sad world we are living in.

[uppityperson]

28. Thank you. I keep seeing the doorway thing and that is outdated. Table or desk is best.

[yuiyoshida]

27. I did that in 1989...

The door way shook like a belly dancer for seemingly forever..not only left and right, but up and down. I thought it was going to come down and kill me.

[CountAllVotes]

34. I was driving home from work when that one hit

I thought the brakes on my car had gone out on me.

I never felt it quite honestly being I was driving down Fulton street at the time it hit.

[gopiscrap]

37. Good for you

thanks for your compassion and help for her

[CountAllVotes]

40. Thanks

I was not looking for kudos for what I said/did.

It was so terrifying ... those screams, the shaking and thumping, those poor WOMEN, and yes it was screams from women that I heard.

[gopiscrap]

41. I know, but lots of folks would have just hung up

[CountAllVotes]

47. That is sadly true

In this "its all about ME ME ME" world in which we now live, it is often difficult for me to wrap my head around the way people react to situations like this.

For me, I want to HELP if I can HELP.

It was not good, that was for sure. That poor young woman .... the screams ...

I could not have possibly hung-up on her! No, that is not the kind of person that I am.

Maybe it helped her in some small way is all I can say/hope.

Nothing wrong with trying to help a stranger, not in my book anyway, esp. during a freakin' disaster!

[Downwinder]

8. usgs.gov

Due to a lapse in Federal funding, the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program has suspended most of its operations. While the USGS will continue to monitor and report on earthquake activity, the accuracy or timeliness of some earthquake information products, as well as the availability or functionality of some web pages, could be affected by our reduced level of operation.

[Plucketeer]

16. Uh-ohhhh

Which Rethugs are gonna run over with personal checks to turn on the equipment at the USGS???

[CountAllVotes]

18. Stupid SOBs

Where are these damned people when you need them the most?

They are not working because they are "laid off" for the time being.

Note to Washington, D.C.: Time to stop playing games little boys and girls and time to get the house in order ASAP.

Enough is enough!!!

[caseymoz]

9. Twitter indicates it's probably the Philippines

Every Earthquake ‏@everyEarthquake 6m

USGS reports a M7.2 #earthquake 2km S of Nueva Vida Sur, Philippines on 10/15/13 @ 0:12:38 UTC http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt13288000 … #quake

The #hashtag got eighty more tweets as I was writing the title . . .

[caseymoz]

10. Oops, paused to spell Philippines correctly

And eight other people posted it before I did.

[Bosonic]

13. M7.2 - 2km S of Carmen, Philippines

Event Time

2013-10-15 00:13:00 UTC
2013-10-15 08:13:00 UTC+08:00 at epicenter
2013-10-15 01:13:00 UTC+01:00 system time

Location

9.800°N 124.200°E depth=33.0km (20.5mi)
Nearby Cities

2km (1mi) S of Carmen , Philippines
31km (19mi) ESE of Tibigan, Philippines
40km (25mi) SSW of Talibon, Philippines
41km (25mi) ENE of Tagbilaran, Philippines
636km (395mi) SSE of Manila, Philippines


Carmen has a pop of ~40,000 apparently...

[itsrobert]

14. Looks like the Philippines

these Customer Service Reps don't want you to know where they are. First they try to pretend they are Americans, when that doesn't work, they won't give away their location, so saying India was a deflection.

[Curmudgeoness]

15. That would be a really scary call for you

even though you were not even there. I can't imagine what the woman in the Philippines was going through. I have never experienced an earthquake, so I have no idea how frightening it would be. Glad you kept your head and told her to get to a safe place.

I hope she is ok.

[CountAllVotes]

22. Being a native Californian

I've been in probably 100 earthquake in my life.

The best thing to do is to get under a doorway if there is one to be seen/found and pray!

It was so scary hearing the sounds. I thought I was going to have a heart attack myself just listening to it.

Having been in so many of them, I knew this thing was HUGE!

And so it was.

We'll be hearing about lots of damage soon, severe damage.

Time to donate to Catholic Relief IMO!!!

[uppityperson]

24. Best thing to do, recommended thing, is to get under a table or desk. Poor people.

[CountAllVotes]

30. Who knows what the conditions are like

So very difficult to know ...

[uppityperson]

46. Indeed

[gopiscrap]

42. I experienced a major earthquake once

I was a kid and I remember our house going sideways and rolling up and down and the loud rumbling noise...it was scary as shit...those poor women!

[DCBob]

19. Cebu Philippines has a lot of call centers.

That's not far from the epicenter.

[itsrobert]

23. You should relay your experience on MSNBC

give them a call. Ask for Rachel.

[GreenPartyVoter]

50. +1

[DCBob]

25. Reuters: Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Philippines, no tsunami threat

Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Philippines, no tsunami threat

Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:35pm EDT

(Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said there was no threat of a Pacific-wide tsunami after the quake.

The quake struck at a depth of about 35 km (22 miles) around Bohol island, to the north of Mindanao island. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/us-quake-philippines-idUSBRE99E00O20131015

[Adsos Letter]

31. 22 miles deep. wouldn't that depth mitigate some of the destructive potential?

Hopefully?

[DCBob]

33. Yes, I hope so too except the OP heard what sounded like damage and then the line cutoff.

A bit worried as I have friends and relatives there in Cebu and nearby areas.

[uppityperson]

32. Never mind, looks like 1 quake. In which case, here is link to a gd thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=620779

[yuiyoshida]

39. No Tsunami Threat...

That scares me the most...One of these days, our Pacific West Coast is gonna be the recipient of a group of large waves... the Ocean from where I live, is not that far away. It scares me to think we could end up with something like Japan's tsunami...


Imagine this the West Coast ...

[Art_from_Ark]

60. I think you have to get near the Magnitude 9 level

in order to have such a destructive tsunami, like what happened with the 1960 Chile earthquake, the 1964 Alaska earthquake, the 2004 Aceh earthquake and the 2011 Northeast Japan earthquake, which all registered 9.0 or above.

[davidpdx]

61. That's just south of Cebu Island

I've been to the Philippines three times, twice to Boracay Island and once to Manila. Never been that far south. They have been getting pummeled by mother nature lately with the typhoons, floods, and now an earthquake.

[DLnyc]

29. You should fix the title, if you can

Philipines, not India?

[CountAllVotes]

44. I did

n/t

[DLnyc]

51. Yes, I saw, thank you.

Great post. I just thought it would be good to avoid confusion by people reading that headline. Thanks for switching it!

[applegrove]

38. 7.2 Magnitude Bohol, Philippines 41 minutes ago

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/

Mw 7.2
Region BOHOL, PHILIPPINES
Date time 2013-10-15 00:12:35.0 UTC
Location 9.89 N ; 124.21 E
Depth 30 km
Distances

629 km SE of Manila, Philippines / pop: 10,444,527 / local time: 08:12:35.0 2013-10-15

59 km SE of Cebu City, Philippines / pop: 798,634 / local time: 08:12:35.0 2013-10-15

6 km N of Buenavista, Philippines / pop: 2,454 / local time: 08:12:35.0 2013-10-15

[DCBob]

45. I have a relative in Mindanao and she just posted on Facebook it was really strong.

It was big one. I suspect Cebu may have had some damage. That is the closest urban area.

[Bosonic]

48. Useful updated report site (sans USGS)

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/10/15/very-strong-earthquake-mindanao-philippines-on-october-15-2013/

[uppityperson]

49. That is a great link, thank you. 4 fatalities. :(

[uppityperson]

52. Depth recalculated to 57 km vs initially at 33, good news, fewer expected fatalities.

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/10/15/very-strong-earthquake-mindanao-philippines-on-october-15-2013/

New recalculated data from USGS are locating the epicenter in between Balilihan, Bohol and Sevilla. Also good news is that the depth of the hypocenter is at 57 km instead of the initially reported 33 km.

The initial theoretical injured / fatalities expectation was based on a focal depth of 33 km. It is now 57 km which will bring the number of fatalities down considerably. Another reason to decrease this number is the time of the morning that the earthquake struck. Most people were on the road or at least out of the houses..

[bananas]

62. 33 km is a default depth (so are 5 and 10 km)

Whenever you see 5, 10, or 33 km, assume they don't have enough data yet for a good estimate.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php

Glossary of Terms on EQ Maps

<snip>

Depth

The depth where the earthquake begins to rupture. This depth may be relative to mean sea-level or the average elevation of the seismic stations which provided arrival-time data for the earthquake location. The choice of reference depth is dependent on the method used to locate the earthquake. Sometimes when depth is poorly constrained by available seismic data, the location program will set the depth at a fixed value. For example, 33 km is often used as a default depth for earthquakes determined to be shallow, but whose depth is not satisfactorily determined by the data, whereas default depths of 5 or 10 km are often used in mid-continental areas and on mid-ocean ridges since earthquakes in these areas are usually shallower than 33 km.

<snip>

[uppityperson]

63. Thank you, I didn't know that. I have learned several things on DU recently. Thanks

Meant sincerely, not snark.

[uppityperson]

53. Photo of the collapsed church.

http://earthquake-report.com/2013/10/15/very-strong-earthquake-mindanao-philippines-on-october-15-2013/

[uppityperson]

55. Looking at this picture of inside a building, I'd've been screaming too.

[uppityperson]

58. Now saying 20 dead confirmed. Glad it was morning there, people were outside their homes

[muriel_volestrangler]

64. More bodies found in Bohol; quake death toll hits 151

The death toll from the magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck Central Visayas ballooned to 151 as search and rescue teams recovered more bodies in Bohol province on Wednesday.

In an updated report from Chief Superintendnt Danilo Constantino, director of the Central Visayas police regional office, said that a total of 141 bodies have been recovered from the rubble in quake-hit areas in Bohol.

Constantino said nine fatalities were also recorded in Cebu province and one in Siquijor.

The regional police director added that a total of 302 people have been reported injured during the powerful quake, which struck at 8:21 a.m. on Tuesday.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) had also reported that a total of 23 people have been reported missing in Bohol.

http://www.philstar.com/nation/2013/10/16/1245940/more-bodies-found-bohol-quake-death-toll-hits-151