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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least one person died and several were injured after a powerful undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island, triggering a brief tsunami warning, officials said Saturday. The 6.9 magnitude quake on Friday evening sent residents fleeing to higher ground, while many in the capital Jakarta ran into the streets. Officials from Indonesia’s national disaster agency warned the quake could generate a tsunami as high as three metres (10 […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Friday, Aug. 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 69 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 3:22 p.m. Depth of focus was 90 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Monday, July 29. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 185 kilometers southeast of Tarragona at 6:49 a.m. Depth of focus was 33 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao Del Sur on Friday, July 26. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, an aftershock of the July 13 5.5-magnitude quake, hit 4 kilometers northeast of Carrascal at 2:56 a.m. Depth of focus was 1 kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Thursday, July 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 77 kilometers northeast of Burgos at 8 a.m. Depth of focus was 1 kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Romblon on Tuesday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 6 kilometers southeast of San Jose at 9:54 p.m. Depth of focus was 9 kilometers. An intensity IV was felt in Malay, Aklan, PHIVOLCS said. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Saturday, July 20. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 196 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 1:29 p.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Sur early Thursday, July 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, an aftershock of the 5.5-magnitude quake in the province on July 13, hit 14 kilometers southwest of Carrascal at 2:52 a.m. The quake, of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of 5 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck North Cotabato early Tuesday, July 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 15 kilometers southwest of Makilala at 12:54 a.m. The quake, PHIVOLCS said, was an aftershock of the 5.6-magnitude quake that hit the province on July 9. An Intensity III was felt in Kidapawan City. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
Fifty-one people were injured and several homes, churches and other buildings damaged on Saturday when an earthquake sent terrified residents of the southern Philippines fleeing their homes before dawn, police said. The 5.8-magnitude quake struck the northeast coast of Mindanao island at 4:42 am (2042 GMT Friday) at a depth of 11.8 kilometres (7.3 miles), with the Philippine seismology office also recording seven less intense aftershocks. The quake struck five kilometers east southeast of Cantilan, […]
RIDGECREST, Calif. (Eagle News) — Eagle News reports from Ridgecrest, California to survey the damage after another strong earthquake hit the area. The first major quake hit the region on July 4 and recorded a magnitude of 6.4. Just a day after, a stronger quake, initially reported to be a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, shook Southern California again. (Eagle News Service)
by Laurent BANGUET Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Southern California was rocked by its largest earthquake in two decades on Thursday, but the 6.4-magnitude tremblor caused only “minor” injuries. The shallow quake, which was followed by dozens of aftershocks, struck in a sparsely populated portion of the Mojave Desert, six miles (10 kilometers) from the city of Ridgecrest at 10:33 am (1733 GMT). It was felt 160 miles away in […]
