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That’s right! Believe it or not they actually captured the event. Very frightening!
Cathedral of Sto Nino in Cebu City
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HabagatCentral.com, a leading Pinoy Blog, has recorded some of the damage that occurred during the recent earthquake that devastated Bohol and Cebu. This is important work for future generations. They did good!
Cathedral of Sto Nino in Cebu City. photo by Mic Caldo
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MADONNA STATUE AMID RUBBLE A statue of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus is set at a makeshift altar before a pile of stones that was the 180-year-old Our Lady of Light Church in Loon, Bohol province, a day after a 7.2-magnitude quake destroyed the church. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
Exactly. What would happen if it happened here?
What if we had to suffer through a 7.2 magnitude earthquake here in the immediate Iloilo area? What would happen? How many buildings would collapse and how many people would be dead or injured. An article in today’s Panay News attempts to answer those questions with some fearsome results. I have added photos from our collection to the article…A very thought provoking read!
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October 16, 2013 12:52 AM
By: Edgar Mana-ay for thedailyguardian.net
(The writer is a professional member of the Geological Society of America)
THE recent earthquake with the epicentre at Carmen, Bohol that was felt here in Iloilo and as far as northern Mindanao is a sober reminder that earthquakes are part and parcel of our lives here on earth, hence we have to understand it, accept it, adjust to it and even predict it.
The earthquake’s epicentre was rather deep at 45 kilometers, hence it had far reaching influence as far as Mindanao. Continue Reading
October 16, 2013 12:54 AM
By: Alex P. Vidal in thedailyguardian.net
“Once you have been in an earthquake you know, even if you survive without a scratch, that like a stroke in the heart, it remains in the earth’s breast, horribly potential, always promising to return, to hit you again, with an even more devastating force.” – Salman Rushdie
WHAT happened to hallowed churches in Bohol yesterday (October 15) also happened in Iloilo 65 years ago. Continue Reading
Heritage conservationists on Tuesday mourned the damage to historic churches in Bohol and Cebu, a major source of tourism income and cultural pride of these provinces.
The Manila-based Heritage Conservation Society (HCS) said the earthquake affected heritage landmarks in Bohol and Cebu, causing total destruction or significant damage to the churches in Baclayon, Dauis, Dimiao, Loay, Loboc, Loon and Maribojoc in Bohol, all national cultural treasures or national historical landmarks; and the Sto. Niño Basilica and Cebu Cathedral in Cebu, among others. Continue Reading
An earthquake with energy equivalent to “32 Hiroshima bombs” jolted the Visayas, and parts of Mindanao and southern Luzon early Tuesday morning, causing centuries-old churches and modern buildings to crumble, disrupting power and phone services, setting off stampedes and killing at least 97 people.
The nuclear bomb dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, packed power equal to 20,000 tons of TNT.
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck at 8:12 a.m. with its epicenter at 2 kilometers southeast of Carmen town in Bohol province, known for its chocolate hills and tarsiers. Continue Reading
