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by Briseida MEMA DURRES, Albania (AFP) — Albanian rescuers searched rubble through the night looking for survivors trapped in buildings that toppled Tuesday in the strongest earthquake to hit the country in decades, with more than 20 dead and hundreds injured. Teams of soldiers, police and emergency workers sifted through the debris of shredded apartment blocks and hotels in towns near Albania’s northwest Adriatic coast, close to the epicenter of the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that […]
At least 20 people died and hundreds more were injured in Albania after the strongest earthquake in decades rocked the Balkan country early Tuesday, destroying buildings and burying victims in rubble. The epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude quake was about 34 kilometres (about 20 miles) northwest of the capital Tirana, at a depth of 10 km, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. “We have victims,” Prime Minister Edi Rama wrote on Twitter. “We […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Monday, Nov. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 82 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos at 8:10 a.m. Depth of focus was 63 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Northern Samar on Sunday, Nov. 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 46 kilometers northeast of Mapanas at 5:05 a.m. Depth of focus was 24 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Masbate on Saturday, Nov. 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 5 kilometers northeast of Pio V. Corpuz at 11:04 a.m. Depth of focus was 12 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were felt: Intensity I- Legazpi City; Masbate City No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Oriental on Saturday, Nov. 23. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 107 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 7:18 a.m. Depth of focus was 46 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Bukidnon on Friday, Nov. 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 26 kilometers northeast of Kadingilan at 8:25 a.m. Depth of focus was 26 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Thursday, Nov. 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 260 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 1:14 p.m. Depth of focus was 47 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude quake struck Cotabato on Thursday, Nov. 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 19 kilometers southeast of Tulunan at 6:31 a.m. Depth of focus was 22 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensity IV- Kidapawan City Intensity III – Hagonoy, Davao Del Sur Intensity II – Davao City Instrumental Intensities: Intensity IV- Kidapawan City Intensity II- Tupi, South Cotabato; Davao City […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 19 kilometers southeast of Tulunan at 7:49 a.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Sur on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 82 kilometers northeast of Lingig at 8:39 a.m. Depth of focus was 1 kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Quezon on Monday, Nov. 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 42 kilometers northeast of Jomalig at 4:35 a.m. Depth of focus was 8 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
