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by Mahmut Bozarslan and Fulya Ozerkan in Istanbul Agence France Presse ELAZIG, Turkey (AFP) –A powerful earthquake has killed at least 21 people and injured more than 1,000 in eastern Turkey, as rescue teams searched through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors on Saturday. The Turkish government’s disaster and emergency management agency (AFAD) said in a series of tweets early on Saturday that five people were pulled alive from the rubble in the […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude quake struck Ilocos Norte on Saturday, Jan. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 5:08 a.m., had its epicenter 15 kilometers northeast of Carasi. It had a depth of focus of one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Sarangani on Friday, Jan. 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 5:44 p.m., had its epicenter 183 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. It had a depth of focus of 21 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck Sarangani on Friday, Jan. 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 5:59 a.m., had its epicenter 337 kilometers southwest of Kiamba. Depth of focus was 519 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Masbate on Thursday, Jan. 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 9:05 p.m., had its epicenter 18 kilometers northwest of Aroroy. It had a depth of focus of 10 kilometers. An Instrumental Intensity II was felt in Masbate City.
(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Sarangani on Thursday, Jan. 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 8:54 a.m., had its epicenter 13 kilometers southeast of Glan. Depth of focus was 11 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)– A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Pangasinan on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 11:15 a.m., had its epicenter 96 kilometers southwest of Agno. Depth of focus was 33 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)-A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 4:27 a.m., had its epicenter 15 kilometers northeast of Naujan. It had a depth of focus of 17 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)-A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas on Monday, Jan. 20. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 12:31 p.m., had its epicenter 78 kilometers northwest of Palauig. It had a depth of focus of 15 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)-A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Monday, Jan. 20. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 5:43 a.m., had its epicenter 26 kilometers northeast of General Generoso. Depth of focus was 16 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit a remote area of northwest China’s Xinjiang region late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The shallow quake struck at 9:27 pm (1327 GMT) around 100 kilometers (60 miles) east-northeast of the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar. In its initial assessment, the USGS said there was a low likelihood of casualties. It said however that significant damage was likely, with many buildings in the region […]
A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said. There was no tsunami warning accompanying the quake which struck inland 158 kilometres (98 miles) from the provincial capital Jayapura at a shallow depth of almost 34 kilometers, USGS said. The Southeast Asian archipelago is one of the most disaster-prone nations on Earth. In 2018, a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami in Palu on […]
