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TOKYO, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP) – Japan has been hit since Monday by 155 earthquakes including a 7.6-magnitude jolt and another over 6, the Japan Meteorological Office said. Most of the quakes had a magnitude greater than 3 and while the strength has gradually moderated, six strong jolts were still felt early Tuesday, the JMA said.
TOKYO, Jan 1, 2024 (AFP) – A succession of 21 earthquakes registering 4.0 magnitude or stronger struck central Japan in just over 90 minutes on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The strongest jolt measured 7.6, it said. The quakes prompted tsunami warnings and authorities urged people in the area to move to higher ground.
By Ara Eugenio and Cecil Morella MANILA, Dec 3, 2023 (AFP) – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, the latest in a slew of strong quakes all concentrated in the same area. Monday’s quake hit just before 4:00 am local time, (2000 GMT Sunday), at a depth of 30 kilometres (18 miles), some 72 kilometres northeast of Hinatuan municipality on Mindanao […]
By Ara Eugenio and Cecil Morella MANILA, Dec 3, 2023 (AFP) – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, a day after an even more powerful quake in the same region killed two people and triggered a tsunami alert. The latest earthquake — one of several strong aftershocks felt in the region since late Saturday — hit at around 6:36 pm (1036 GMT) at a depth of […]
TOKYO (AFP) – Aftershocks shook Japan a day after a powerful earthquake left at least one person dead, with officials assessing damage Saturday from the jolt that destroyed several buildings. The 6.5 magnitude quake hit the central Ishikawa region mid-afternoon on Friday at a depth of 12 kilometres (seven miles), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. More than 50 aftershocks, some of them strong, had occurred by Saturday morning, the agency said, as it warned […]
Cianjur, Indonesia | AFP | by Dessy Sagita with Jack Moore in Jakarta A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing, when it toppled buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java on Monday, officials said. Doctors treated patients outdoors after the quake, which was felt as far away as the capital Jakarta, left hospitals in the West Java town of Cianjur without power for several […]
(Eagle News)–Over 2000 aftershocks have been reported since the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Northwestern Luzon on July 27, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to PHIVOLCS, the 2422 aftershocks were as of Aug. 3, at 4 p.m. The highest intensities were reported in Tayum, Bangued, Bucay, Bucloc, Danglas, Dolores, La Paz, Lagangilang, Licuan-Baay, Luba, Malibcong, Manabo, Peñarrubia, Pilar, Sallapadan and San Juan, Abra. The earthquake that struck Abra left at least 10 […]
Affected families in northern Luzon now over 100k as strong aftershocks continue This handout photo taken from the Facebook page of La Trinidad Municipal Police Station shows a rescue team at the site of a collapsed building in La Trinidad, in the province of Benguet on July 27, 2022, after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines. – A 25-year-old construction worker in La Trinidad, the capital of the landlocked province Benguet, died when the […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Earthquakes continued to rock New Zealand’s North Island on Saturday with the US Geological Survey recording a magnitude 6.4 shock the day after a Pacific-wide tsunami alert sparked by a monster quake. There have been no reports of serious damage or injury from the quakes, nor from a host of smaller tremors, which were centred offshore from the eastern city of Gisborne. A swarm of quakes up to 8.1 […]
(Eagle News) — People opted to stay outside their homes, and for the injured people –even outside hospitals — after the 6.6 magnitude quake that hit Mindanao. Aftershocks continued to rock areas of Mindanao, including the epicenter of the Oct. 29 quake in Tulunan, Cotabato on Thursday, Oct. 31. Phivolcs had recorded hundreds of aftershocks since Tuesday, and there are no signs that it would abate. People set up tents outside their homes where […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato early Thursday, Oct. 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, an aftershock of the 6.3-magnitude quake that hit the province on Oct. 16, struck 17 kilometers northeast of Tulunan at 5:53 a.m. Depth of focus was 14 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Aftershocks following the 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Cotabato on Oct. 16 may continue in the next days, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to PHIVOLCS, as a result of these aftershocks that may be felt, the public should be cautious of structures “visibly weakened or with signs of damage.” “In case of houses and other buildings with visible damage, it is best to contact the Municipal/City Engineering Office for advice,” PHIVOLCS said. […]
