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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia on Saturday marks one year since a devastating quake-tsunami disaster that pounded the city of Palu, killing more than 4,000 people. The 7.5 magnitude quake and subsequent deluge razed swathes of the coastal city on Sulawesi island last September. Some 4,300 people were listed as dead or missing while nearly 60,000 people are still living in makeshift accommodation after their homes were destroyed, according to the Red Cross. The […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Antique early Saturday, Sept. 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 31 kilometers northwest of Patnongon at 4:35 a.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Thursday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 240 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 11:53 p.m. Depth of focus was 015 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s largest city on Thursday, driving residents to evacuate buildings, AFP journalists witnessed. Eight people were “lightly injured”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a press conference in Istanbul. “Some buildings have been lightly damaged,” he added. Istanbul’s Bogazici University Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said the quake’s centre was in the town of Silivri, around 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of the city. It said the […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Sarangani on Thursday, Sept. 26. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 19 kilometers northeast of Alabel at 4:46 p.m. Depth of focus was 29 kilometers. An instrumental intensity II was recorded in Alabel, Sarangani; and in General Santos. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
MIRPUR, Pakistan (AFP) — A shallow tremor sent terrified people running into the streets in northeastern Pakistan on Thursday, days after a powerful quake killed 38 people in the same area and destroyed infrastructure and roads. An AFP reporter in the city of Mirpur in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir described the shaking as “a wave going underneath the earth”. The US Geological Survey put the quake at 4.7 magnitude and 10 kilometres (six miles) deep, adding […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Thursday, Sept. 26. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 75 kilometers southeast of Cagwait at 4:57 a.m. Depth of focus was five kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
by Nasir JAFFRY / Zain ZAMAN JATLAN, Pakistan (AFP) — Rescuers battled along badly damaged roads and combed through toppled buildings Wednesday to reach victims of an earthquake that killed at least 38 people and injured hundreds more in northeast Pakistan. Authorities were still assessing the quake’s impact in villages around the city of Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, but in some the immediate damage was evident. After a night of heavy rain compounded the misery […]
MIRPUR, Pakistan (AFP) — Rescue workers battled on Wednesday to reach people affected by a shallow earthquake that rocked northeast Pakistan a day earlier, killing at least 22 people and injuring hundreds more as it tore roads apart and felled buildings. Schools were shuttered near the quake-hit city of Mirpur in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir where poor areas were reduced to rubble and the towering brick fences surrounding expensive homes had crumbled. Residents combed through the wreckage […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental early Wednesday, Sept. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 321 kilometers southeast of Tarragona at 12:55 a.m. Depth of focus was 40 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Monday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 58 kilometers northeast of Cagwait at 10:46 p.m. Depth of focus was seven kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental on Sunday, Sept. 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 37 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 6:26 a.m. Depth of focus was 38 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
