MANILA, Philippines – A magnitude 5.0 quake rocked parts of Luzon, Thursday afternoon, Nov 10, naturally sending aftershocks...on social networks.
Felt in Quezon province, Metro Manila, parts of Bulacan, Cavite and Rizal, as well as Tarlac City, the quake prompted affected citizens to send out an array of posts asking if other people had felt the shaking too. Some declared they did; others said they didn't. On Twitter, people were mostly feeling funny, taking advantage of the moment to make quake-related "hugot" posts.
Allow the top post under #earthquake to break down the kinds of posts:
{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are 4 kinds of People:<br><br>1. Those who felt the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash">#earthquake</a>.<br>2. Those who didn't feel it.<br>3. Yung mga may hugot sa lindol.<br>4. *scrolls*</p>— Martin (@Mhartinn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mhartinn/status/796618888205082624">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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We highlight those under item number 3:
{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Buti pa yung lindol naramdaman ko ikaw hindi. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lindol?src=hash">#Lindol</a></p>— KEN (@yowitskenn) <a href="https://twitter.com/yowitskenn/status/796618769715994624">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Hindi mo na na-feel kasi manhid ka na. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lindol?src=hash">#Lindol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/QuakePH?src=hash">#QuakePH</a></p>— Boiling Waters (@boilingwatersph) <a href="https://twitter.com/boilingwatersph/status/796623685960536064">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Niyanig ako ng katotohanang di mo ko mapapansin. kidding aside, keep safe everyone. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindol?src=hash">#lindol</a></p>— Clau (@klawdayan) <a href="https://twitter.com/klawdayan/status/796651657291403265">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Hindi pa pala ako manhid. Naramdaman ko ang lindol.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HugotProf?src=hash">#HugotProf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedTeacher?src=hash">#RedTeacher</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lindol?src=hash">#Lindol</a></p>— Obed de la Cruz (@obed_dela_cruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/obed_dela_cruz/status/796659592843423744">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">buti pa yung <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindol?src=hash">#lindol</a> ramdam na ramdam ko eh ikaw?</p>— Riley(@russeldelrey) <a href="https://twitter.com/russeldelrey/status/796657836746887169">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Popping up in similar frequency were tweets that were clearly against the hugot posts.
{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In PH, we don't do "duck, cover, and hold". Instead we "post on social media with matching hugot" and I think that's bullsht.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash">#earthquake</a></p>— 레진 ^^ (@REIGNdeeer) <a href="https://twitter.com/REIGNdeeer/status/796635456251142144">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">lumindol na't lahat, nagawa pang humugot ng mga tao dito lmao<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash">#earthquake</a></p>— ㅤ (@rysservoir) <a href="https://twitter.com/rysservoir/status/796652580617097216">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">Jusko. Lumindol na nga... naghuhugot pa! Mga pilipino talaga <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProudFilipinoHere?src=hash">#ProudFilipinoHere</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash">#earthquake</a> LUMINDOL BA <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindol?src=hash">#lindol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/manhid?src=hash">#manhid</a></p>— Jae rald. (@jeerald143) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeerald143/status/796657713744871425">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tl" dir="ltr">napuno na ng <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindol?src=hash">#lindol</a> yung feed ko pero wala man lang akong nakuhang update na matindo. t*ngna kasi puro hugot alam</p>— ehmy lazares (@ehmenglazares) <a href="https://twitter.com/ehmenglazares/status/796652131373563904">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Sharper were those who made references to recent events:
{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Damn even the world got shookt from all the events lately <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquake?src=hash">#earthquake</a></p>— La Salle Please (@lahzuhlpls) <a href="https://twitter.com/lahzuhlpls/status/796613616262791168">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">even the earth is not happy about donald trump's victory <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindol?src=hash">#lindol</a></p>— Ralph Cyrill Gimenez (@cyrillgimenez) <a href="https://twitter.com/cyrillgimenez/status/796613443684073473">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Definitely that quake was the world welcoming the antichr...new American President. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindol?src=hash">#lindol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Apocalypse?src=hash">#Apocalypse</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/endoftheworldasweknowit?src=hash">#endoftheworldasweknowit</a></p>— Karel Jiaan Galang (@kareltoot) <a href="https://twitter.com/kareltoot/status/796613357935718400">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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{source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just felt the quake from Trump's win yesterday! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindol?src=hash">#lindol</a></p>— gabriel m.l. torre (@angstpinoy) <a href="https://twitter.com/angstpinoy/status/796611768298733568">November 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Did you feel the #earthquake? – Rappler.com