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To: Errant

I have lost count of the Bohol quakes. There was a 4.9 during the night, but we were asleep. Tremors from the others are very minor, but I have started feeling like they are happening every ten min., or so. I have a hanging light switch by my computer desk. It will start to jiggle when there is the slightest movement.

Here is the earthquake chart. Tagbilaran, Bohol is just over the water from us. Sometimes I can see the glow of lights from that city at night.
In my five years here, the only other quake that I have experienced, maybe in 2010, was a small quake from Negros, the island to our west. It was quite minor here, and just an interesting curiosity.


24 posted on 10/22/2013 3:25:33 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: AlexW
It seems plate boundaries worldwide are becoming more active. You live in one of the most active regions in the world, even before this ongoing increase. The activity may continue to increase. If I were you, I'd have a few weeks to months of supplies on hand. This goes for anyone who lives near an active fault line. I hope you're some distance from the actual fault and live in a single story dwelling. Multistory concrete structures are not the place to reside near plate boundaries.

India is another area seeing an increase in activity:

Indian plate has become seismically active

Just today:

'Volcano-like eruption' on Manipur hill, locals flee to safety

26 posted on 10/22/2013 4:32:58 PM PDT by Errant
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