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ROME, Italy (AFP) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday near Europe’s most active volcano Mount Etna, injuring several people, displacing some 600 and damaging buildings, Italian civil protection officials said. Two people were pulled from a collapsed building and around 10 were taken to hospital suffering light injuries from falling debris. An elderly woman suffered multiple fractures, Agi news agency reported, while 18 people made it on their own to hospital to be treated […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dinagat on Thursday, the second one in a month’s time, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Phivolcs said the quake hit four kilometers south of Loreto (Dinagat) at 9:19 a.m. Depth of focus was pegged at 78 kilometers. PHIVOLCS said aftershocks were not expected. There is no reported damage to property. Casualties were also not reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental early Tuesday. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake took place 211 kilometers south, 36° east of Sarangani at 1:41 a.m. The depth of focus was at 33 kilometers. No aftershocks were expected.
MAY 14, (Eagle News) — The province of Albay was hit by two successive earthquakes, with the first earthquake registering magnitude 4.8 in the Richter scale and the second quake registering magnitude 4.7 in the Richter scale. (Albay, Philippines) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
