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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) upgraded to magnitude 6.5 the quake that hit Eastern Samar earlier Tuesday afternoon, April 23, which it had earlier recorded at magnitude 6.2. The quake was located nine kilometers northwest of San Julian, Eastern Samar with a depth of 63 kilometers. Ishmael Narag, OIC of the Phivolcs Seismological Observation and Earthquake Prediction Division, said they raised the magnitude to 6.5 after receiving more […]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica “(AFP) — A strong earthquake, measuring 6.5 according to a US seismological agency, rocked Costa Rica late Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake occurred at 8:28 pm local (0228 GMT) on the Central American country’s Pacific coast, at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles), close to the popular tourist beach town of Jaco. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami alert. […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, according to officials, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The tremor hit at a depth of 107 kilometers (66 miles) some 67 kilometers from the town of Angoram, the administrative center for the Pacific nation’s Lower and Middle Sepik regions, the United States Geological Survey said. No tsunami warning was issued. “A quake of this type can cause damage and […]
Agence France Presse — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, killing at least five people, with up to 100 feared dead, according to a government estimate. Five people died and more than 60 were injured in the quake, the official Xinhua news agency said, including 30 who were in critical condition. But China’s National Commission for Disaster Reduction estimated that as many as 100 people may have perished, based on 2010 census data […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte assured residents of quake-hit Ormoc, Leyte the government was there to help them get back on their feet, as he expressed satisfaction over government relief efforts there. “Narito kami kasi tutulong kami sa inyo. Meron nang programa ang gobyerno kung paano ang gagawin sa mga tulong na dumating,” he said in a brief interview with Palace communications office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson. According to the President, the government would […]
(Eagle News) – Posibleng sa katapusan ng buwan o sa Agosto maibabalik ang supply ng kuryente sa Leyte, Samar at Bohol. Ayon sa Department of Energy (DOE), maraming nasirang transformers bunsod ng malakas na lindol na naganap sa Visayas noong nakaraang linggo. Una nang tinarget na maibalik ang power supply sa mga nasabing lalawigan noong Miyerkules, July 13. Pero nasa 160 megawatts lamang ang maibabalik na enerhiya, na 55% lang ng total demand para sa tatlong […]
At least two were reported killed and several others injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Leyte and was felt in nearby provinces on Thursday. The first fatality was a man who died following the collapse of a 10-year-old commercial building when the quake struck at 4:03 p.m., Kananga Mayor Rowena Codilla said in a radio interview. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake–with its epicenter in Jaro–was felt at varying intensities in nearby provinces […]
At least 381 were killed as a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits the Chinese province of Yunnan.
