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Pia Lee-Brago
The Philstar

There was no Filipino casualty in the moderate earthquake that shook the San Francisco Bay Area Tuesday night, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.

“Initial information from the Philippine consulate in San Francisco says there is no reported Filipino casualty from the 5.6 earthquake centered near San Jose, California,” DFA spokesman Claro Cristobal said.

The earthquake struck shortly after 8 p.m. (0300 GMT Wednesday), about five miles (eight kilometers) northeast of Alum Rock and nine miles (14.4 kilometers) northeast of San Jose.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake lasted about 90 seconds with the epicenter being five miles north-northeast of Alum Rock California and nine miles northeast of the center of San Jose.

The actual coordinates given by USGS put it along the border of San Jose and Milpitas in the hills near neighborhoods in both cities. The quake was felt as far as the California communities of Sacramento, Sonoma and Los Baños.

It was the most powerful quake in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley since 1989.

I felt the aftershock too yesterday and today.  I was just chatting with Happy earlier and I told her I was experiencing dizziness due to the aftershock.  Goodness, who is not afraid of earthquake and especially seeing all the distructions of the 1989 earthquake in the exhibit in San Francisco!  Maayo pa lightning and thunder, I can hide under layers of blankets and comforter but earthquake, no where!

mo gawas gyud ka graz.

Graz, I hope wala naka malipong diha.

Ok na ko, Haze and Haps.  Thanks!  Kadali ra man hinuon to pero lisang ko oi tiaw ba oi!