FOREWORD
Amidst the buffet of strong winds and rains on the Luzon part of the Philippines,another natures' heartless moves Moves the Luzon area of the Philippines.
Source:
" 5.3 quake hits parts of Luzon
By Helen Flores The Philippine Star Updated August 08, 2012 12:00 AM
MANILA, Philippines - As Metro Manila and nearby areas were being battered by torrential rains, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocked parts of Luzon yesterday, state seismologists said.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tremor occurred at around 1:03 p.m. with its epicenter traced at 48 kilometers northwest of Lubang, Occidental Mindoro.
The quake was felt at Intensity 3 in Lubang; Intensity 2 in Pasay City, Sampaloc in Manila, Clark in Pampanga and Olongapo City; and Intensity 1 in Quezon City.
“The intensity of the quake is not enough to trigger landslides,” Jane Punongbayan, Phivolcs supervising science research specialist, told radio station dzBB.
“Earthquakes felt at Intensity 6 or 7 are the ones that could induce landslides,” she said.
On Feb. 17, 2006, continuous rains saturated the ground, triggering a landslide in Barangay Guinsaugon in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte that killed 154 people.
Typhoon “Edeng,” on July 10, 2000, triggered a landslide at the Payatas dump in Quezon City, killing more than 200 people.
In August 1999, rains brought by typhoon “Ising” triggered a landslide in Cherry Hills, Antipolo, Rizal, leaving 54 people dead.
HUMOR
"..OMG!.." sabi ng mga Kristano at Doomsday sayers.."..It's the end of the world !.." ehehe
PROPECHIZMIZ
Why the Luzon part of the Philippines has been buffeted with natural disasters,what could be something wrong?
Episodic rains and typhoons and episodic earthquakes??
