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(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 26 kilometers southeast of Itbayat at 11:02 a.m. Depth of focus of the quake was 14 kilometers. An instrumental intensity I was felt in Basco. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Severe Tropical Storm “Ineng accelerated further on Saturday, Aug. 24, and is now approaching Batanes, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said as of this morning, the center of “Ineng” was estimated at 105 kilometers north of Basco. “Ineng” is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 100 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 125 kilometers per hour, as it moves west northwest at 30 […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Saturday, Aug. 10. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 35 kilometers southwest of Sabtang at 7:18 a.m. Depth of focus was 30 kilometers. An instrumental intensity I was felt in Basco. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Hanna continued to intensify as it moves towards southern Ryukyu islands in Japan and is expected to be outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) by Friday morning, August 9. PAGASA said the outer rainbrands of Hanna will still bring light to moderate with at times heavy rains and gusty winds over Batanes and the Babuyan Group of Islands which are both still under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal no. 1. […]
(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes as Typhoon “Hanna” moved slowly over the Philippine Sea on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 a.m., the eye of the typhoon was located 630 kilometers east of Basco, packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph. “Hanna” is moving north northwest slowly. According to PAGASA, the outer rainbands […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Sunday, Aug. 4. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 9 kilometers southwest of Itbayat at 9:52 a.m. Depth of focus was 13 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) – The cost of damage by the recent series of quakes that shook Itbayat, Batanes is now tagged at more than P54.79 million even as strong aftershocks continued to rock the area, according to the latest update from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The town of Itbayat in Batanes has been declared under a state of calamity since July 29. Work and classes has also been suspended there. […]
(Eagle News) — The historic Itbayat Catholic church in Batanes, or the Santa Maria de Mayan parish church, bore the brunt of the successive strong quakes early Saturday, July 27. The tremors with a magnitude of 5.4 and 5.9 struck the region within hours of each other. The Itbayat church’s belfry was severely damaged and fell down after the tremors. The construction of the church building was started in 1872 and completed in 1888. The […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, July 28, proposed the conduct of regular Coast Guard patrols off Batanes to ensure “those islands will remain ours.” The President made the proposal in his visit to the northernmost province, following earthquakes that killed at least eight people and injured several others. “But there are two islands there that are big ones. Sabi ko kay Mayor, is it ours? I do not see any… Pumunta ka siguro lagyan […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.4 quake shook Itbayat, Batanes on Saturday morning, July 27, about three hours after another quake of a slightly lower magnitude struck the area. The tectonic quake’s epicenter was at 19 kilometers northwest of Itbayat, Batanes and had a depth of 43 kilometers. It struck the area at 7:38 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said. The quake was also felt at intensity 4 in Basco, […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical depression “Goring” has maintained its strength as it continues to move northeastward and is expected to be outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) later this evening, PAGASA said. In the weather bulletin issued 5 p.m. Friday, the country’s weather bureau said that Goring “may exit” the country this evening. As of 4 p.m. Friday, the center of Tropical Depression “Goring” was estimated based on all available data at 380 […]
(Eagle News) – The low pressure area that has earlier exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility has re-entered the county as a tropical depression, and is named “Goreng.” PAGASA said that as of 10 a.m., the center of tropical depression Goreng was estimated based on all available data at 190 km North Northwest of Basco, Batanes. Tropical cyclone warning signal number1 is now raised over Batanes. Goreng has maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers […]
