Kon Tum had 35 consecutive earthquakes, people's reaction was half-laughing or crying?

Of the 14 earthquakes that occurred on July 29, the latest one occurred at 10:04:45 (Hanoi time) with a magnitude of 3.0 occurring at the coordinates (14,885 degrees North latitude, 108.236 degrees East longitude), focal depth of about 8.1 km.

The earthquake occurred in Kon Plong district, Kon Tum province. Natural disaster risk level 0m according to Nguoi Lao Dong. Thus, on the 28th and until 10 a.m. this morning, July 29, Kon Tum province had 35 consecutive earthquakes.

Previously, on July 28, the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Center (Institute of Geophysics) announced that 21 earthquakes occurred in Kon Plong district (Kon Tum province), of which An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 occurred in Kon Plong district at 11:35 a.m. 10 seconds at a location with coordinates (14,827 degrees North latitude, 108,245 degrees East longitude), with a focal depth of about 8.1 kilometer. This is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in this area, with natural disaster risk level 2.

The above earthquake spread to many neighboring localities and even some people in many provinces and cities in the Central region and Central Highlands also reported feeling the shaking.

According to Decision 18/2021/QD-TTg dated April 22, 2021 of the Prime Minister regulating forecasts, warnings, communication of natural disasters and natural disaster risk levels, earthquake magnitudes (symbol M ) is a quantity that characterizes the level of energy that an earthquake emits and transmits to the surrounding space in the form of elastic waves. In this Decision, earthquake magnitude uses the moment scale. Earthquakes are classified into types: Microearthquakes (M > 8.0)

Thus, it can be seen that the earthquake in Kon Plong recorded 5.0 degrees, which is at a medium level. According to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Anh - Director of the Institute of Geophysics (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology), triggered earthquakes are caused by human activities, including the accumulation of water in reservoirs and dams. hydroelectric. After a 5.0 magnitude earthquake, it is forecast that an earthquake will still occur but is unlikely to be as large as about 5.5 magnitude.

The above slight shaking also led to many funny and sad stories recorded by home cameras, going viral on social networks because they were quite humorous. Some people, while eating at home, feel the house shaking, their expressions change from surprise to excitement.

Another household, while eating together, a mild earthquake suddenly occurred. Seeing the ground shaking, the whole family quickly ran away. Notably, due to the panic and the rush of the situation, the adults forgot that there were a few small children who had not yet had time to run out. Then, when they remembered there were children, a man and a woman ran back into the house and pulled their children out. This moment was recorded by security cameras in the house.

Immediately after this moment was shared on social networks, it immediately received a lot of attention from the online community. People were also "half laughing and crying" at this family situation. Besides, many netizens also sympathized with the adults' reaction in the above incident.

Accordingly, netizens left the following comments:

"Earthquakes rarely happen in Vietnam, so people often panic when they meet them. Reactions like this family's are not strange. Actually, it's not that they don't love their children and grandchildren, but this is a reflex. Naturally, when they remember their descendants, they are still ready to go back to pick them up."

"Actually, this situation is nothing to blame. The body's first reaction in the first few seconds will be to leave the dangerous area. That is the survival instinct of the species. Only then will it be able to perceive where the child is. come back now"

"The shaking was only for 2 seconds. At that time, I couldn't have any direction, I just ran by inertia. How could I leave my baby, right?"