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Earthquake hits Mindanao
A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked and rolled the Southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Dec 25, 2008 at 3:20 UTC. No injuries were reported and no tsunami warnings were issued said Jane Punungbayan of PhilVocs. People panicked and ran and scampered out of public places.
The USGS said the quake was centered about 35 miles southeast of Gen. Santos or 680 south-southeast of Manila with a depth of 129 miles.
This earthquake was one of five earthquakes to happen on Dec 25, 2008 to be recorded by the USGS that are of magtitudes higher than 5.0. The other earthquakes occurred in Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan, Vancouver Island in Canada and the Fiji Region. In total, there were 14 earthquake of measurable magnitude (2.0 and stronger) on December 25, 2008.
The bible speaks of earthquake occurring before the end comes. God help us all.
This news was first reported here.
source:cnn.com, USGS, resbak.com



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at 08:46 on December 25th, 2008
Thank you for the post, however it has already been posted, Please do link it to the previous post. Thank you.
at 08:50 on December 25th, 2008
oops. quick to the draw.
how do i link to previous post?
tnx lots.
at 08:55 on December 25th, 2008
Here is the link of the First post.
http://my.nowpublic.com/world/philippines-rocked-6-2-magnitude-earthquake
You can link to that. Should you have any problems contact Editor by PM.
Thank you for posting this.