Earthquake in Davao Around 9:05 am in Davao City, Philippines, on the day October 29, 2019 (Monday), an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.8 shook our beloved city. I was in the middle of typing a birthday greeting post to my cousin on her Facebook profile. As I was about to finish with only three more words left before hitting enter, the tremors began. I passively thought that it would just be a mild and brief one, but I was proven wrong. From mild quick tremors, the ground shook sideways with much stronger force. I couldn't immediately finish my birthday greeting because instead of typing, I found myself holding on the edge of my desk, while cautiously looking up the ceiling and the walls. I was uttering small prayers under my breath, and I felt like I was starting to experience some dizziness. With the strong seism still ongoing, I tried to hastily finish my greeting post when I felt stabler. Given the fact that I was in the second floor of our house in the awful situation, I couldn't hold myself back on typing another Facebook post about the quake, telling everyone in my contact list about my predicament. Emotionally, I felt like I was crying for help! It was a frightening and uncertain feeling of being trapped in your own room. The same room where everything should be familiar, safe, and good. I was also worried about my mom in the first floor, but I couldn't just rush down. >_< After 20 or 30 seconds of such horror, the quake ended. I'm glad it didn't cause any huge damage to our house and neighborhood, nor has any of my friends suffered from severe harm from it. I hope and pray that there won't be any more earthquakes in the future.