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(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 6:16 a.m., had its epicenter 104 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 1 kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 7:55 p.m., had its epicenter 78 kilometers southeast of Tarragona. Depth of focus was 42 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 10:58 a.m., had its epicenter 71 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 64 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 5:02 a.m., had its epicenter 12 kilometers southwest of Paluan. It had a depth of focus of 3 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–An alert level 2 remains hoisted over Taal. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 50 to 100 meters high. Sulfur dioxide emission was below instrumental detection due to weak plume activity. The Taal Volcano Network, PHIVOLCS said, recorded 41 volcanic earthquakes that are associated with ” rock fracturing processes beneath and around […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Laguna on Monday, Feb. 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 4:21 a.m., had its epicenter eight kilometers southwest of San Pablo. It had a depth of focus of 4 kilometers. The following intensities were recorded: Intensity IV – San Pablo City; Malvar, Batangas No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–An alert level 2 remains hoisted over Taal, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Monday, Feb. 17. PHIVOLCS said this was after activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 100 to 200 meters high. Sulfur dioxide emission was measured at an average of 58 tons per day on February 16. PHIVOLCS said the Taal Volcano Network recorded 65 […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in its its bulletin on Sunday, Feb. 16, that the quake struck at 1:57 p.m. It had its epicenter 93 kilometers southwest of Sabtang. Depth of focus was 3 kilometers. The following intensities were recorded: Intensity III -Sabtang, Ivana and Uyugan, Batanes Intensity II – Basco and Mahatao, Batanes No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude quake hit Davao Occidental early Sunday, Feb. 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 12:50 a.m., had its epicenter 334 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 10 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–An alert level 2 remains hoisted over Taal, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said activity in the main crater in the past 24 hours has been characterized by weak emission of steam-laden plumes rising 200 to 300 meters high. Sulfur dioxide emission was measured at an average of 53 tons per day on February 15. PHIVOLCS said the Taal Volcano Network recorded 69 volcanic earthquakes “that are associated (with) rock […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude quake hit Davao Occidental on Saturday, Feb. 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 5:45 p.m., hit 247 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 70 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)– The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Friday, Feb. 14, lowered Taal volcano’s status to alert level 2 following a decrease in volcanic unrest. In its latest bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said since an alert level 3 was hoisted over the volcano on Jan. 26, volcanic earthquakes recorded by the Taal Volcano Network averaged 141 events per day while the number of significant events recorded by the Philippine […]
