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(Eagle News) — Nararanasan pa rin ang malakas at magkakasunod na aftershocks sa Surigao del Norte matapos ang magnitude 5.9 na lindol na tumama doon noong Biyernes, Pebrero 8. Huling naranasan ang pagyanig na naitala sa bayan ng General Luna na may lakas na magnitude 3.7 na lindol. Naitala ang lindol alas 6:31 kaninang umaga sa 16 kilometers northeast ng General Luna. May lalim na 13 kilometers ang pagyanig at tectonic ang origin. Mula 11:06 […]
(Eagle News) — Niyanig ng magnitude 4 na lindol ang bayan ng Sabtang sa Batanes. Naitala ang lindol sa 44 kilometers north west ng Sabtang, alas 9:39 Biyernes ng umaga. May lalim na 23 kilometers ang lindol at tectonic ang origin ang sanhi nito. Dahil sa nasabing lindol naitala ang intensity 1 sa Basco, Batanes. Unang sinabi ng Philippine Institute Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) na 3.8 magnitude ang tumamang lindol pero kalaunan ay itinaas ito […]
by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring more than 300, according to an official tally. Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million. However, there was no large-scale destruction and no tsunami warning issued […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, according to seismic monitoring organizations. The quake struck deep at some 171 kilometers (106 miles) below the surface of the earth in the Banda Sea, the US Geological Survey said. A tsunami alert was initially triggered by the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS). However, IOTWMS […]
BALER, Aurora (Eagle News) — Tatlong beses na pagyanig ang naramdaman sa ilang bahagi ng Aurora medaling araw ng Miyerkules, Nobyembre 8. Base sa pagtataya ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), unang naramdaman kaninang alas 3:54 ng madaling araw ang magnitude 3.2 na lindol, na sinundan naman ng magnitude 2 ganap na ika-4:17 ng madaling araw. Alas sais-bente dos naman kaninang umaga (6:22 AM) nang muling yanigin ng magnitude 2.7 na lindol ang […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — An earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday (September 7), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, killing at least five people, triggering small tsunami waves and damaging some buildings. Eyewitness phone footage showed the moment the earthquake struck in a hotel room in Mexico City. Further footage of Mexico City International Airport’s Terminal 2 showed what appeared to be earthquake damage to the floor. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has already recorded more than 1,000 aftershocks since Tuesday’s (April 4) magnitude 5.5 earthquake that first rocked Batangas last week. According to PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum, these recorded quakes include the four quakes that hit Batangas last Saturday, April 8, the strongest of which was the magnitude 6.0 quake that struck 3:09 p.m. Solidum explained that such quakes are what they called ‘earthquake swarm’ […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck southeast Peru on Thursday, damaging some homes and roads but causing no casualties, the National Civil Defense Institute (INDECI) said. The quake in the Puno region hit at 5:40 pm local time (2240 GMT), its epicenter 58 kilometers (36 miles) from the town of Lampa and at a depth of 30 kilometers, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP). “Eight collapsed homes are reported in […]
SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador (AFP) — A Pacific Ocean earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude shook El Salvador and Nicaragua on Thursday, officials said, an hour after a powerful hurricane hit Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast. Tsunami alerts were issued as a precaution by the authorities in Nicaragua and El Salvador, where residents were told to evacuate from the Pacific coast. The 7.0-magnitude temblor occurred around 120 kilometers (75 miles) off the coast of El Salvador, at a […]
TAIPEI , Taiwan (AFP) — Buildings shook violently in Taiwan’s capital Taipei Thursday as a 5.6-magnitude quake hit off the island’s northeast coast. The shallow quake struck at a depth of 10 km (six miles), the US Geological Survey said, just east of the coastal city of Yilan, 60 kilometres from Taipei. There were no immediate reports of damage. It comes after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in February left 117 dead when an apartment complex collapsed […]
An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan on Monday, shaking buildings as far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi and in Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses said. A spokesman for Tajikistan’s Emergencies Committee said it had no information so far on any casualties or damage from the quake. The quake did not affect Russian military bases in Tajikistan, RIA news agency reported, citing Russia’s defence ministry. The epicentre of the quake […]
