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UPDATED: At least two reported dead, several injured after 6.5-magnitude quake jolts Leyte

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 […]

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Magnitude 6.5 quake rocks Leyte – PHIVOLCS

  (Eagle News) — A strong magnitude 6.5 quake shook Leyte at 4:03 p.m. Thursday, July 6, with the epicenter located eight kilometers southwest of Jaro town in Leyte, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). It was felt at intensity 5 in Tacloban City and Palo City in Leyte; at intensity 4 in Tolosa, Leyte, Sagay City in Negros Occidental, and Burgos in Surigao del Norte; and at intensity 3 in […]

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3.2-magnitude quake jolts Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte

PASUQUIN, Ilocos Norte (Eagle News) – A 3.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the town of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte on Wednesday. The quake was recorded at 9:43 a.m., 32 kilometers north of Pasuquin. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the earthquake has a depth of 27 kilometers and is of tectonic origin. There were no expected aftershocks. https://youtu.be/RMbilqPFosI

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Earthquakes jolt Davao Occidental, Occidental Mindoro

(Eagle News) — A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro on Saturday afternoon. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake jolted the province at 1:54 p.m., minutes after another of a 4.5 magnitude shook Davao Occidental. Depth of focus of the second earthquake was pegged at 28 kilometers. There were no reported casualties.

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MMDA: Third quake drill to be held in July

(Eagle News) — The third earthquake drill will be held in July, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said on Wednesday. The MMDA said the mock exercise will be done from July 14 to July 17, around 4 p.m., to enable “other emergency responders from other regions to come in and participate.” The agency said the drill, called the shake drill, “aims to identify the gaps during the first two drills held in 2015 and 2016.” It […]

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Five dead after strong quake hits Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Guatemala and southern Mexico Wednesday, killing five people, causing power outages, and knocking down homes, officials said. The epicenter was about 156 kilometers (97 miles) west of Guatemala City in the department of San Marcos, the Institute of Seismology said. The tremor was felt across most of the country, including the capital, as well as in neighboring Mexico, according to Guatemala’s National Coordinator for Disaster […]

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6.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit western Guatemala near the Mexico border early on Wednesday, shaking several cities and injuring one person according to preliminary reports, officials said. No tsunami warnings have been issued so far. The quake was registered at 1:29 am local time (0729 GMT), its epicenter around 156 kilometers (97 miles) west of Guatemala City in the department of San Marcos, the Institute of Seismology said. The United States […]

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One dead after strong quake strikes Greek island village

LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – One woman was killed on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday (June 12) after a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Turkey, rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to the Greek capital Athens. The epicenter of the quake was about 84 kilometers (52 miles) northwest of the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, in the sea south of Lesbos. The National Observatory of Athens put […]

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6.2-magnitude quake shakes Peru; 2 injured

A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook northern Peru on Monday, injuring at least two people and damaging at least one home, authorities said. The quake struck east of the city of Mancora at a depth of 18 kilometers (11 miles), the Peruvian Geophysical Institute said. “Two people have been reported injured and a home has been damaged” in the northern Tumbes region, the National Civil Defense Institute said on Twitter. Peru sits on the so-called Ring […]

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6.6-magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – A shallow, 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit inland on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi Monday, United States seismologists said, causing people to panic but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit at a depth of nine kilometers (six miles) at 10:35 pm (1435 GMT), west of the town of Poso, according to the US Geological Survey. Muhammad Guntur, who lives on the outskirts of the town, said […]

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2.5-magnitude quake jolts Maguindanao

(Eagle News) — A 2.5-magnitude earthquake struck Maguindanao on Friday morning. This was hours after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted San Marcelino, Zambales. The quake on Thursday night was felt in nearby Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and even in parts of Metro Manila, among others. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Friday’s earthquake in the southern part of the country took place at 7:15 a.m. Depth of focus was at nine kilometers. There was […]

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4.8-magnitude quake jolts Sarangani

(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.

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