NO TRUTH TO THE EARTHQUAKE STRIKING THE PHILIPPINES TONIGHT

May 14, 2008- 5:48:50 PM

I received a text message from a friend that stated:

“U.S. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PREDICTS A 6.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE WILL HIT PHILIPPINES PLATES TONIGHT. PLEASE BE CALM AND ALERT. This text message is from Hawaii State Emergency Preparedness Office. Please pass (no harm in being prepared) Let’s pray this will not happen.”

I have received this message twice and immediately inform my brother, Jeric. Together, we watched DZMM TeleRadyo (ABS-CBN) for confirmation of the said text message. They have interviewed Renato Solidum, Director of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology and he clearly stated that THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE SPREADING TEXT MESSAGE. He added that there is no gadget/instrument/technology invented yet to determine the intensity, place, date and exact time of the earthquake yet to come. In fact, there is no “Hawaii State Emergency Preparedness Office” and “U.S. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY” existing. Even so, U.S. is not yet capable of detecting incoming earthquake that is out of their territory with that accuracy.

Let us not believe this rumor. If you happen to have received this text message as mine, please don’t bother to forward it to other people for it can cause more confusion instead of helping to stop this rumor as Director Renato Solidum had advised.

Here’s the video we have recorded regarding the said issue:

Posted by: Dianne Peña | 05-14-2008 | 10:05 AM
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