Mother Nature's Still Upset - Baguio - Earthquake

Just now, while we were in the middle of our pre-lunch workout, Baguio and the surrounding area just got hit with an earthquake. It was minor enough to not cause any damage here that we know about, but strong enough to make this 4 story concrete building wobble like it was made out of rubber. We were stretching, sitting on the floor at the time so we could really feel it. No idea where the epicenter was but something tells me Typhoon Mina woke something up. OK, back to stretching I guess!?

Recent Baguio Earthquake History

Away With Mina

Mina - Calm before the storm., originally uploaded by suvajack.

It looks like Mina has made its way off of Luzon island, and further away from Baguio than was originally expected. It's unknown right now if it has weakened but we should know the complete story by later today. For now, its calmed down to a rainy, gray day.

Facts from Planet Ark:

Typhoon Mina swirlled out to sea on Monday after killing 8 people, destroying homes and flooding rice paddies in the Philippines. Mina, a category 1 typhoon with winds of 120 km per hour (74 mph) at its centre, lost strength as it made landfall late on Sunday and did not directly hit the central Bicol region, where nearly 300,000 people had been evacuated.

Disaster officials said Mina flooded wide areas in the northern and central Philippines, destroying more than 100 million pesos (US$2.3 million) worth of agricultural production, half of them ricefields in Isabela and Cagayan provinces.