Saturday, August 16, 2008
Is this Another Sign for Mount Mayon?
| August 15, 2008 at around 7 o’clock pm in my automatic Seiko timepiece, Legazpi City in the province of Albay and other nearby cities like Guinobatan, Ligao, Camarines Sur and Norte experienced a devastating earthquake. Is this recent earthquake a sign that mount mayon is ready to burn the sky and make day a night? Everyone was shocked that even the “pabayle” (dance on the streets) in our area was stopped due to sudden movement of the ground. All things hanging inside our house moved like they are being swayed back and forth. It was my first instinct to grab my daughter who’s playing around the house and go to a nearest “amba” (the post that surrounds and support a door. Aside from going under the table, I learned about it from seminars that I have been through about earthquake and how to deal with it calmly. After the big surprised by the tremor, a series of aftershock also takes place. The whole incident last at least 3 to 5 minutes (I think). Luckily, there are no casualties reported and the event was on the news after 20 minutes. And through the advent of communication technologies, the center of the earthquake and its magnitude was recorded in an instant. According to PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology), the said tremor has a magnitude of 6.0 and its center was the city of Sorsogon. With such occurrence, people in the Bicol region are now thinking and believing that this is a sign of another explosive eruption. Those who are inside the 3 km danger zone of the majestic mount mayon are now frightened as the tragedy happened last 2002 would strike once more. However, PHIVOLCS said that the eruption may or may not be caused by massive movement of rocks inside the mayon volcano. Further studies will be conducted to know the cause of this tremor. And early this morning August 16, 2008 at around 6 to 6:30 o’clock in the morning, another mild earthquake was recorded. If this is really a sign that mount mayon is making itself ready for a big explosion. All the people around the majestic mayon volcano including nearby cities should be ready. Take note that this post is not a prediction or even an explanation of possible occurrences. This is only the point of view from the mount mayon admin and should not be taken as valid report. Labels: eruption, mayon volcano, mount mayon, PHIVOLCS |
posted by Mount Mayon Admin at 12:11 AM
