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(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Dinagat Islands early Thursday, October 20. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 2:48 a.m. The epicenter was six kilometers southeast of Cagdianao. The depth of focus was 111 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Tuesday, Oct. 4. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 1:13 a.m. The epicenter was 161 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. The depth of focus was 160 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Monday, Oct. 3. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake struck at 5:02 a.m. The epicenter was 175 kilometers southeast of Balut Island. It had a depth of focus of 23 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Friday, Sept. 30. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake, an aftershock of the 5.3-magnitude Surigao del Sur earthquake, hit 63 kilometers northeast of Cortes. The depth of focus was six kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensity: Intensity I – Tandag City, Surigao Del Sur No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — There’s no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the advisory after a strong earthquake struck Mexico on September 22. “No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data,” PHIVOLCS said. According to Agence France Presse, Mexico’s seismological agency reported the 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific coast, 84 kilometers south of Coalcoman in Michoacan. “So far, there is no damage in the city after the […]
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) — A strong earthquake jolted Mexico on Thursday, sending people rushing out into the streets of the capital in the middle of the night, days after a powerful tremor left at least two people dead. The epicenter of the 6.9-magnitude quake was near the Pacific coast, 84 kilometers (52 miles) south of Coalcoman in the western state of Michoacan, the national seismological agency reported. The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimated the […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Eastern Samar early Tuesday, Sept. 20. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 5:22 a.m. The epicenter was 58 kilometers northeast of San Policarpo. The depth of focus was 24 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Monday, Sept. 19. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 1:24 p.m. The epicenter was 57 kilometers northeast of Hinatuan. The depth of focus was 16 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Sultan Kudarat early Sunday, Sept. 18. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 4:39 a.m. The epicenter was 17 kilometers southwest of Kalamansig. The depth of focus was 13 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity II – T’Boli, South Cotabato Intensity I – Kiamba, Sarangani No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Agusan del Sur early Friday, Sept. 16. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 12:51 a.m. The depth of focus was 31 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck Abra on Tuesday, Sept. 13. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 12:21 p.m. The epicenter was two kilometers northeast of Bucay. The depth of focus, meanwhile, was 17 kilometers. PHIVOLCS said the earthquake was an aftershock of the 7.0-magnitude quake that hit Northwestern Luzon on July 27. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III – Bangued, […]
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted a coastal region of Papua in eastern Indonesia Saturday morning and was followed by two weaker aftershocks minutes later, the US Geological Survey said. The first two quakes — the second a 5.8-magnitude tremor — hit at a relatively shallow depth of 15 kilometres, about 272 kilometres (169 miles) from the town of Abepura, according to the USGS. A third 5.9-magnitude quake then hit the […]
