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(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Cagayan on Thursday, Feb. 3. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 12:47 p.m. Its epicenter was 49 kilometers northwest of Babuyan Island. The depth of focus was 80 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Leyte early Friday, Jan. 28. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 5:44 a.m. The epicenter was eight kilometers southwest of Capoocan. According to PHIVOLCS, the instrumental intensity was the following: Intensity IV – Ormoc City Intensity II – Alangalang, Leyte No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Jan. 26. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:52 p.m. Its epicenter was 306 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 72 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(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.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — At least two people were killed in a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that shook southwestern Haiti early Monday, officials told AFP, with the tremor followed by several aftershocks. In Anse-a-Veau, a small coastal town 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of the capital Port-au-Prince, a woman died when a wall collapsed. In Fonds-des-Negres, 20 kilometers further south, the second death was caused by a landslide. In the Nippes district, where the epicenter of the […]
(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.
(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.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) — A 6.6-magnitude quake hit off the west coast of Cyprus early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The relatively shallow quake was centered 48 kilometers (30 miles) west-northwest of the town of Polis on the Mediterranean island, the USGS said. © Agence France-Presse
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.
