LOOK: Another oarfish washed ashore in Cagayan de Oro

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16807731_10202905737520193_6497782057874511177_n.jpg?oh=b62edfe8f082a686b32adbfdb46f9ca1&oe=59355A20' ><figcaption><div class='embed-desc'>An oarfish washed ashore in Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro Saturday afternoon. <cite>Photo by Jude Cyril Roque Viernes</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>An oarfish was washed ashore in Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro Saturday afternoon.</p><p>According Jude Cyril Roque Viernes, who posted the photos on Facebook, the fish, about 15 feet long, was found alive but later died.</p><p>Viernes also wrote that residents are afraid that the discovery forebodes an earthquake striking the city.</p><p>Some experts believe that deep-sea fish are capable of sensing tremors on the Earth's crust.</p><p>According to Kiyoshi Wadatsumi, in a statement published by Japan Times, such aquatic creatures are more sensitive to the movements of faults.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li>READ: <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/11/17/dead-oarfish-found-in-mindanao-sparks-debate-can-animals-predict-earthquakes'>Dead oarfish found in Mindanao sparks debate: Can animals predict earthquakes?</a></li></ul><p>Days before the <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/10/17/m67-quake-strikes-off-surigao-city' target='_blank'>magnitude-6.7 quake</a> in Surigao City, an oarfish was also <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/classified-odd/02/08/17/dambuhalang-oarfish-nalambat-sa-agusan' target='_blank'>caught</a> off the shore of Agusan de Norte.</p><p>Another oarfish, meanwhile, was seen along the coast of Barangay Rojales in Carmen, Agusan del Norte.</p><p><strong>- with reporting by Greanne Mendoza, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>Some experts believe that deep-sea fish are capable of sensing tremors on the Earth's crust.</p><p>According to Kiyoshi Wadatsumi, in a statement published by Japan Times, such aquatic creatures are more sensitive to the movements of faults.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li>READ: <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/11/17/dead-oarfish-found-in-mindanao-sparks-debate-can-animals-predict-earthquakes'>Dead oarfish found in Mindanao sparks debate: Can animals predict earthquakes?</a></li></ul><p>Days before the <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/10/17/m67-quake-strikes-off-surigao-city' target='_blank'>magnitude-6.7 quake</a> in Surigao City, an oarfish was also <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/classified-odd/02/08/17/dambuhalang-oarfish-nalambat-sa-agusan' target='_blank'>caught</a> off the shore of Agusan de Norte.</p><p>Another oarfish, meanwhile, was seen along the coast of Barangay Rojales in Carmen, Agusan del Norte.</p><p><strong>- with reporting by Greanne Mendoza, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>According Jude Cyril Roque Viernes, who posted the photos on Facebook, the fish, about 15 feet long, was found alive but later died.</p><p>Viernes also wrote that residents are afraid that the discovery forebodes an earthquake striking the city.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16807731_10202905737520193_6497782057874511177_n.jpg?oh=b62edfe8f082a686b32adbfdb46f9ca1&oe=59355A20' ><figcaption><div class='embed-desc'>An oarfish washed ashore in Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro Saturday afternoon. <cite>Photo by Jude Cyril Roque Viernes</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>An oarfish was washed ashore in Barangay Gusa, Cagayan de Oro Saturday afternoon.</p>

<p>According to a Facebook post, the fish, about 15 feet long, was found alive but later died.</p>

According to a Facebook post, the fish, about 15 feet long, was found alive but later died.

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LOOK: Another oarfish washed ashore in Cagayan de Oro

LOOK: Another oarfish washed ashore in Cagayan de Oro