Earthquake In Manila, the Philippines on April 22, 2019 Facebook user Michael Rivo took this video of a hotel's penthouse swimming pool emptying due to a strong earthquake. He identified the hotel building where the water is falling from as the Anchor Skysuite Ongpin in Binondo Manila.
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck at 5:11pm on April 22, 2019 and centered at 14.99°N, 120.35°E - 018 km N 67° E of Castillejos (Zambales). The reported intensities are as follows:
Intensity V -San Felipe, Zambales; Malolos and Obando, Bulacan; Quezon City; Lipa, Batangas;
Manila City; Abucay, Bataan; Valenzuela City; Magalang, Pampanga
Intensity IV - Pasig City; Makati City; Caloocan City; Meycauayan and San Jose Del Monte,
Bulacan; Floridablanca, Pampanga; Villasis, Pangasinan; Tagaytay City; Villasis, Pangasinan;
Baguio City; Marikina City; Las Pinas City
Intensity III - Dasmarinas, Indang and Gen. Trias, Cavite; Lucban, Quezon; Muntinlupa City,
Cabanatuan City; Palayan City; Gapan City; Santo Domingo and Talavera, Nueva Ecija
Intensity II - Baler, Aurora
Instrumental Intensities:
Intensity V - Angeles City; Malolos, Bulacan;
Intensity IV - Quezon City; San Juan City; Pasig City; Muntinlupa City; Gapan City; Cabanatuan
City; Tagaytay City; San Ildefonso, Bulacan
Intensity III - Mauban, Quezon; Talisay, Batangas; Guagua, Pampanga; Olongapo City
Intensity II - Lucena City; Dolores and Lucban, Quezon; Dagupan City; Daet, Camarines Norte
Intensity I - Guinayangan, Quezon; Calatagan, Batangas; Magalang, Pampanga; Sinait, Ilocos Sur
The Phivolcs added that damages and aftershocks are expected.
The Philippines is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates often collide causing earthquakes.
Video courtesy of Michael Rivo
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