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Earthquake!

January 15, 2010

I woke up and felt the earthquake but I was so sleepy to even care (duh!). I was just asleep for a few hours when it happened. I felt dizzy when I open my eyes, I don’t know if it’s because of lack of sleep or the earthquake was really that strong. When I felt that it was gone, I closed my eyes again and doze off… When I woke up again and checked my Plurk, I saw a few of my friends posts about the recent earthquake on my timeline. So, I was not really dreaming, lol. The quake is a magnitude 4 here in Davao City while a magnitude of 5.3 was felt in Tagum City. The earthquake happened at around 8:07 a.m., three hours after I have slept.

It was just two days ago (June 12, 2010) when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 hits Port-au-Prince, Haiti. An estimate of 40,000-50,000 people were killed. Buildings, houses, churches, hospitals and other major landmarks were damaged including the Presidential Palace.

The world is still in shock after the Haiti Earthquake and now a magnitude of 5.6 earthquake also hits Venezuela, Friday, June 15, 2010. It’s a relief that there were no news of casualties and damages was reported.

For more updates on the Haiti Earthquake, check this Tweet and for those who wanted to extend their help to Haiti earthquake victims, you can check out Red Cross Haiti donation page. You can also Text to Help theHaiti if you’re in the U.S.. Or you can make a donation through Paypal, who had partnered with Save the Children charity. Your donations will be received by the charity in full because Paypal has waived the payment processing fees for all donations. You can Donate Here through Paypal. And if you are playing Mafia Wars, you may have heard of Zynga’s HAITI Relief Fund, you can also send your donations there.

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