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(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, Jan. 25. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 3:23 a.m. The epicenter was 257 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 25 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 23. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 9:12 a.m. It had its epicenter 338 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 28 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental early Saturday, Jan. 22. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 4:43 a.m. Its epicenter was 15 kilometers southeast of Baganga. The depth of focus was 102 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensities Intensity IV – Baganga and Caraga, Davao Oriental; Maco, Davao de Oro Intensity III – Mawab and Monkayo, Davao de Oro; Lupon, Manay […]
(Eagle News) – -A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Batanes early Wednesday, Jan. 19. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 3:10 a.m. It had its epicenter 53 kilometers northeast of Itbayat. The depth of focus was 187 kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity III – Itbayat, Batanes No damage to property were reported but aftershocks were expected.
HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) — Rescue workers on Tuesday searched for survivors after an earthquake in a remote western region of Afghanistan killed at least 26 people and damaged hundreds of houses, officials said. Monday’s 5.3-magnitude shallow quake jolted the province of Badghis and wrecked houses, mostly in Qadis district — a rural area not easily accessible by road. “The earthquake caused massive damage to houses, about 700 to 1,000 have been damaged,” Badghis provincial spokesman […]
HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said. The victims died when roofs of their houses collapsed in Qadis district in the western province of Badghis, spokesman for the province Baz Mohammad Sarwary told AFP. The shallow quake was magnitude 5.3, according to the US Geological Survey. “Five women and four children are among the 26 people killed in the earthquake,” said […]
by Alfred Acenas and Arianne Torres (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) HONOLULU (Eagle News) – A powerful underwater volcanic eruption and 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook the Tonga Islands at 4:26am local time on Saturday, January 15. A tsunami warning was soon issued for all of Tonga by the island nation’s meteorological services agency. Local resident Dr. Faka’iloatonga Taumoefolau took to social media to post photographs of the volcano’s violent eruption and waves crashing ashore. He also described the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, as buildings were reported shaking in the capital Jakarta. The quake hit to the island’s southwest and at a depth of 37 kilometres (23 miles) at 0905 GMT, the USGS said. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, but the tremor was felt in the […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Isabela early Thursday, Jan. 13. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 4:20 a.m. It had its epicenter northeast of Aurora. An intensity III was felt in Aurora and Cabatuan. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a depth of 19 kilometres (12 miles) at 0205 GMT in the Solomon Sea, around 200 km off the southern coast of New Britain island, according to the USGS. There were no immediate reports of damage or tsunami warnings. Papua New Guinea sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, which is a hotspot […]
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 struck China’s remote northwestern Qinghai province early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at about 1:45 am (1745 GMT) at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), was located about 140 kilometres north-northwest of the city of Xining, US seismologists said. A 5.1-magnitude aftershock followed about 25 minutes later, USGS said. The China Earthquake Networks Center put the magnitude […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental on Saturday, Jan. 8. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 9:26 a.m. It had its epicenter 101 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso. The depth of focus was 36 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
