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Earthquake in Manila (and Superstitions of Filipinos)
At around 12:26pm earlier today, Tutubi, while having lunch, felt the tables and chairs move and plants swaying due to an earthquake. He just "enjoyed" the dizzying sensation and soon after, his officemates narrated how the elevator shook during the temblor.
Earthquakes are nauseating when you're working in one of the tallest buildings of Manila.
The Inquirer issued a flash report of the incident as a magnitude 6 earthquake with epicenter of 195 kilometers northwest of Manila. It was felt more in the cities of Pasig, Makati and Manila particularly tenants of tall buildings. Operations of LRT and MRT halted momentarily due to the temblor.
Regarding the subject of superstitions, a pregnant officemate of Tutubi went to the shower to have a bath simply because of the earthquake might affect her unborn child. This is similar to the claim of many people that many eggs will get spoiled (bugok) during an earthquake.
i felt it too. my office is on the 9th floor and at first i thought i was going to collapse or something coz it's really a dizzying sensation. na-enjoy mo talaga yun? :)
Never heard of such superstitions but they sure sound silly :)
Earthquakes are very scary esp when you are in tall buildings. I just hope these shocks no matter how small stop from happening because they tend to weaken building foundations.
Too bad I didn't feel the Earthquake! The last time I experienced it was on July 16, 1990 (the killer quake at 7.7 intensity). I was at the 4th floor of FEU Building studying Economics.
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