Tag: magnitude 6.5 earthquake

PHIVOLCS pinawi ang pangamba ng tsunami matapos ang magnitude 6.5 na lindol sa Alaska

(Eagle News) — Pinawi ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) ang pangamba ng publiko na posibleng magdulot ng tsunami sa baybayin ng Pilipinas. Ito ay matapos ang malakas na lindol na tumama sa Alaska. Ayon sa PHIVOLCS, ang lindol na may lakas na magnitude 6.5 ay tumama sa Andrean Islands at Aleutian Islands sa Alaska, alas 5:57 ng umaga ng Huwebes, Agosto 16, oras dito sa Pilipinas. Unang itinala ng US Geological Survey […]

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5.8 magnitude quake shakes Leyte anew; PHIVOLCS says tremor was an aftershock of July 6 event

  (Eagle News)– Another quake shook Leyte Monday morning, July 10, with a magnitude of 5.8, and according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), this is just a strong aftershock from last Thursday’s 6.5 magnitude earthquake. PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum confirmed that the 5.4 quake felt in Leyte on Monday (July 10) morning was an aftershock of the July 6 quake with movement happening at the same fault line. “Yung magnitude 5.4 […]

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