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(Eagle News) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, Feb. 23. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 9:54 p.m. The epicenter was 39 kilometers northeast of Hinatuan. The depth of focus was 18 kilometers. According to PHIVOLCS, the following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV- Hinatuan, Surigao Del Sur Intensity III – Bislig City, Surigao Del Sur ntensity II – […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Monday, Feb. 21. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:13 a.m. The epicenter was 115 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 69 kilometers. The following instrumental intensity was reported: Intensity II -General Santos City No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Ilocos Norte on Saturday, Feb. 19. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 8:16 p.m. The epicenter was 18 kilometers northeast of Pagudpud. The depth of focus was 47 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV – Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte Intensity III – Pasuquin and Bacarra, Ilocos Norte; Santa Praxedes, Cagayan Intensity II – San […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Batanes on Saturday, Feb. 12. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 8:41 a.m. It had its epicenter 45 kilometers southwest of Sabtang. The depth of focus was 61 kilometers. No damage to property was reported but aftershocks are expected.
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Friday, Feb. 11. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake struck at 4:16 a.m. Its epicenter was 259 kilometers southwest of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 14 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
by François PICARD Agence France-Presse HOUSTON, United States (AFP) – “You get used to it. The walls shake,” says Sam, a resident of Midland, a town in west Texas where hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas — known as “fracking” — is causing more and more earthquakes. “Then another tremor comes a second later, like a truck passing nearby,” said the 44-year-old, who did not wish to disclose his last name. Echoing his words, three […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Sunday, Feb. 6. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 4:12 a.m. Its epicenter was 268 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 34 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Friday, Feb. 4. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 9:43 a.m. It had its epicenter 487 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 240 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Cagayan on Thursday, Feb. 3. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 12:47 p.m. Its epicenter was 49 kilometers northwest of Babuyan Island. The depth of focus was 80 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Leyte early Friday, Jan. 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 5:44 a.m. The epicenter was eight kilometers southwest of Capoocan. According to PHIVOLCS, the instrumental intensity was the following: Intensity IV – Ormoc City Intensity II – Alangalang, Leyte No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Tonga at 0640 GMT on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of damage. The epicentre of the strong quake was 219 kilometres (136 miles) northwest of Pangai, a town on the remote island of Lifuka, at a depth of 14.5 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of the quake being felt in Tonga or neighbouring Fiji. The area has seen daily earthquake […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Jan. 26. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:52 p.m. Its epicenter was 306 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 72 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
