Tag: earthquake

PHIVOLCS: Magnitude-5.4 earthquake hits Northern Samar

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – A magnitude-5.4 earthquake jolted Northern Samar on Monday, April 10, two days after the “earthquake swarm” in Batangas. The quake was felt at 8:43 in the morning. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the earthquake epicenter was 74 kilometers northeast of Northern Samar, and has a depth of 17 kilometers. An intensity three undersea quake was also recorded in the area. Intensity two was felt in Catarmar, Northern Samar; Cabid-an and […]

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5.1 quake kills one in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — A 5.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least one person and injured two others in El Salvador on Monday, officials said. The quake struck four kilometers (2.5 miles) below the surface at 2352 GMT in the town of Antiguo Cuscatlan near the capital, the environment ministry said on Twitter. The National Civil Police said a person was killed when a rock fell on their vehicle on a highway west of the […]

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Northern Samar, niyanig ng magnitude 4.5 na lindol

(Eagle News) — Niyanig ng 4.5 magnitude na lindol ang hilagang silangan ng Catarman, Samar. Ayon sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) temblor, tectonic ang origin nito na naitala pasado alas-otso kwarenta’y tres  (8:43 AM)ng umaga. Intensity 2 ang naramdaman sa Catarman, Northern Samar, at Cabid-An, Sorsogon, Intensity 1 naman sa Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Legaspi City, Masbate City at Borongan sa Eastern Samar. Tiniyak naman ng PHIVOLCS na hindi ito magdudulot ng aftershocks at  […]

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Alkalde ng Mabini, ipinagbawal ang diving activities matapos ang “earthquake swarm” sa Batangas

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pansamantala munang ipinatigil ang diving at snorkelling acitivities sa mga coastal barangay sa bayan ng Mabini. Ayon kay Mabini Mayor Noli Luistro, ito’y dahil sa mga pinangangambahang paggalaw ng lupa at dahil sa mga nararanasang mahihinang lindol sa ilalim ng dagat. Wala pang ibinibigay na inpormasyon ang alkalde kung kailan magreresume ang diving at iba pang sports activity. Bukod sa ilamg resorts, sarado rin ang operasyon ng ilang ospital […]

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State of Calamity, idineklara sa Mabini, Batangas; P28.5 mn, cost of damage sa infra ng lindol

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service MABINI, Batangas (Eagle News) — Epektibo ngayong araw (Abril 9) idineklara na ang state of calamity sa bayan ng Mabini sa Batangas kung saan ang karamihan ng mga residente ay nagulat at labis na nag-aalala dahil sa malalakas na lindol na tumama sa kanilang lugar. Hanggang ngayon ay nasa “state of shock” pa rin ang mayorya sa mga residente, ayon kay Mabini Mayor Noel Luistro. Ngayon lang daw kasi nila […]

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Series of quakes, the strongest at magnitude 6, rocks Batangas, surrounding areas

  (Eagle News) – A series of quakes – the strongest of which were magnitude 5.6 and 6.0 — shook the province of Batangas at past 3 p.m. Saturday, April 8, and were felt in other Southern Tagalog provinces and parts of Metro Manila, according to the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The quakes were tectonic in origin, with its epicenter near Mabini town in Batangas, where they were felt at intensity 7. […]

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5.4-magnitude quake rips through Metro Manila, parts of S. Tagalog

(Eagle News) — A 5.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Metro Manila and some parts of Southern Tagalog on Tuesday night, prompting the Batangas government to declare a state of calamity and suspend classes. The quake was felt at Intensity IV in Makati and Obando, Bulacan, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Intensity III was felt in Mandaluyong; Quezon City; General Trias and Dasmariñas in Cavite; in Sta. Ana, Manila; and in Lucena City, Quezon. […]

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6.5-magnitude quake shakes southern Africa

GABORONE, Bostwana (AFP) — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on Monday, United States seismologists said, with the tremor felt in several neighboring countries. The epicenter of the quake, which hit at 7:40 pm (1740 GMT), was in a sparsely populated area 238 kilometers (about 150 miles) northwest of Botswana’s capital Gaborone, the US Geological Survey said. It struck at a depth of 29 kilometers, and […]

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Tourists panic as quake rattles Bali

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) — Tourists fled their hotels in panic on Bali Wednesday after the popular Indonesian holiday island was rattled by an early morning earthquake. The 5.5-magnitude quake struck inland about 10 kilometres (six miles) northeast of the Balinese capital, Denpasar, and not far from the concentration of holiday resorts in the south of the island. There were no reports of casualties and damage after the quake struck just after 7:00 am (2300 GMT […]

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6.0-magnitude quake hits off Solomon Islands

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the Solomon Islands in the early hours of Monday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 02:43 am local time (1543 GMT Sunday) at a depth of 4.0 kilometres (2.5 miles), some 170 kilometres north-northeast of the capital city Honiara, the USGS said. No tsunami warning was issued. The Solomon Islands are part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, a zone of tectonic […]

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Disaster training drill held in Tokyo before March 11 Fukushima anniversary

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) –About 100 people took part in a disaster training drill in downtown Tokyo on Friday (March 10), a day before the sixth anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and subsequent nuclear crisis. Participants were able to experience walking through a plastic tent filled with yellow smoke, get hands-on training using automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and receive free emergency rations. “I participate every year. I was surprised at the number of available automated […]

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