Earthquake damages airport in Negros Occidental

By MARTY GO
ABS-CBN Bacolod

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake that shook part of Western Visayas caused some damage to the ceiling and walls of the New Bacolod-Silay Airport of International Standards in Negros Occidental Saturday morning.

The acoustic boards in the ceiling of the departure and arrival lobby of the airport were skewed and walls in some portions of the airport also cracked due to the strong force of the quake.

Airport Manager Antonio Alfonso said employees who were on-duty when the incident occurred heard a vibrating sound around 2 a.m.

"They said that the airport floor was shaking and swinging for a few seconds," Alfonso said.

The tremor, however, did not affect operations as airport officials said that there was no major damage. There were also no injuries reported.

"This airport is equipped with earthquake sensors that could automatically stop the equipment when an emergency or calamity strikes," said Alfonso.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in Negros Occidental said that the quake was tectonic by origin, that is, caused by underground movement.

Phivolcs recorded an Intensity 6 in Silay, Cadiz and Sagay City in Negros Occidental, Intensity 4 in Bacolod City, Iloilo City and Guimaras Island and Intensity 3 in Murcia, Negros Occidental and Roxas City.

The last reported quake in the area was an Intensity 3 earthquake on July 2007.

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need to check your families and relatives in affected areas....sa grandma ko sa gomez st. sa silay okay man lang ah..sa victorias okay man ah...gamay man lang kunno ang naapektuhan...or naguba nga mga infrastracture ah!!

Maybe this was a sign for all of us to go back to Him....don't wait na bigger signs of His calling....

last 1996 (i think) may tunog tunog nga lupok nga nabatian lapit sa area sang sentro sang linug ..wala nahibal-an kung anu ang source.... ang lupok nabatian halin sa escalante asta sa murcia... nag tay-ug ang duta sa amun nayun sa boundary sang victorias kag silay....nagpasurvey ang 339th kag 331st PNP companies sa ila nga mga helicopter pero daw wala resulta ang magpang lugayawun nila....

after more than 10 years.... naglinug intensity 6.5 sa amun nayun sa aidsisa.... ang mga bato sa iladalum sang duta naga ragumo kuno hambal sang tatay ko (kay sasalug sila naga tulog).... ang kilala ko matindug pa tani para maguwa sa balay nila pero indi sya ka tindug tungud sang pag uyug sang duta....

basi related atu nga lupok sa linug nga natabo last weekend....

atun taud taurun mig, basi related tood..

mahulat ta updates halinsa mga natungdan ah