Philippines Earthquake

A Philippines Earthquake hit this morning around 8am.  It was a magnitude 7.1 causing 93 deaths.  The roads and bridges were down and it made for some difficult rescue efforts.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24530042

Just as we talked about today there was some developemental pressure in the road/bridge structures in the area as well as housing, government buildings, schools, hospitals and some of their well known churches.  The structures clearly weren't built to withstand such an Earthquake even though the area is prone to Earthquakes.  The lucky thing about the earthquake hitting today was that it is the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha so schools and offices were closed which had saved many lives.


http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/14/world/asia/philippines-earthquake/

September 7th of 2012 there was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that caused similar damage as you can see in the photo below.






http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/14/world/asia/philippines-earthquake/
http://www.weather.com/news/72-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-phillipines-least-4-dead-20131014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24530042