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(Eagle News)-A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Albay on Saturday, Jan. 11. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake took place at 9:17 a.m. Its epicenter was located 22 kilometers northeast of Rapu Rapu. It had a depth of focus of 23 kilometers. The following intensities were recorded: Intensity III – Legazpi City Intensity II – Bulusan, Sorsogon No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News)-A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental waters early Saturday, Jan. 11 The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which took place at 1:16 a.m., had its epicenter 422 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. Depth of focus was 79 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Zambales on Thursday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Friday, Jan. 10. PHIVOLCS said the quake, which hit at 10:16 p.m., had its epicenter 28 kilometers southwest of Cabangan. The following intensities and instrumental intensity were recorded: Intensities: Intensity II – San Antonio & Cabangan, Zambales Intensity I – Iba & Botolan, Zambales Instrumental Intensity: Intensity I – Olongapo City; Marikina City Depth of […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Antique on Friday, Jan. 10. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 7:42 a.m., had its epicenter 23 kilometers northwest of Caluya. Depth of focus was one kilometer. An instrumental intensity II was felt in Malay, Aklan. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Wednesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. PHIVOLCS said the quake, which hit at 9:43 p.m., had its epicenter 98 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. Depth of focus was 68 kilometers. An instrumental intensity I was felt in Malungon, Sarangani. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — A magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday rattled an area less than 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant near the country’s Gulf coast, a US monitor said. The quake, which had a depth of 10 kilometers, struck 17 kilometers south-southeast of Borazjan city at 6:49 am (0319 GMT), the US Geological Survey said on its website. State news agency IRNA said the earthquake was felt in Bushehr. There […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Negros Oriental on Thursday, Jan. 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which took place at 1:26 a.m., had its epicenter 17 kilometers northwest of Dauin. Depth of focus was 4 kilometers. The quake had an instrumental intensity II in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which hit at 12:11 p.m., had its epicenter 41 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. Depth of focus was 24 kilometers. An instrumental Intensity I was recorded in General Santos City; Malungon, Sarangani. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A strong earthquake struck off the south of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, the latest in a series of tremors that have shaken the island since December 28. The shallow 6.5 magnitude quake struck 13.6 kilometers (8.5 miles) south of the city of Ponce, USGS said, revising down its initial reading of 6.6. The quake struck just off the US territory’s southern Caribbean coastline at […]
(Eagle News)-A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Pangasinan on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which took place at 4:46 a.m., had its epicenter 85 kilometers southwest of Agno. It had a depth of focus of 4 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude quake struck Negros Occidental on Sunday, Jan. 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which took place at 6:24 a.m., had its epicenter 14 kilometers northeast of Sipalay. Depth of focus was 65 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Saturday, Jan. 4. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which took place at 7:36 a.m., had its epicenter 113 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. Depth of focus was 73 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
