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(Eagle News) — A 3.9-magnitude earthquake hit Cotabato on Sunday, Nov. 3. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 22 kilometers southwest of Makilala at 8:19 a.m. Depth of focus was four kilometers. Intensity II was felt in Kidapawan City. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) – More than 146,000 persons have been affected by the series of quakes that continue to rock Mindanao, according to the latest report of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The NDRRMC said, in its Nov. 2, 2019 update, that the number of persons affected by the successive quakes to hit Mindanao had affected 146,745 persons or 29,349 families in 149 barangays. This was significant increase from its previous […]
(Eagle News)–Another earthquake struck Cotabato in a span of only several days. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the 5.0-magnitude quake, of tectonic origin, hit 18 kilometers southeast of Makilala at 2:07 p.m. Depth of focus was two kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensities: Intensity V – Magsaysay, Davao del Sur Intensity IV – Pikit Cotabato; Bansalan, Davao del Sur Intrumental Intensities: Intensity III – Malungon, Sarangani; Koronadal City […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.5 hit Sarangani, Davao Occidental Friday morning, at 10:33 a.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). It had a depth of 33 kilometers, and its epicenter was located at 334 kilometers southeast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental. Phivolcs, however, did not yet say if this was an aftershock of previous quakes in Mindanao, or if it was an altogether separate quake caused by movement in another […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered local government units to look into the structural integrity of their buildings following a series of earthquakes in Mindanao. Duterte said the LGUs “should start now,” adding that it was unclear when the next earthquake would come, if it does. The most recent earthquake, a 6.5-magnitude one, caused the collapse of the Eva’s building in Kidapawan, and led to serious damage on Ecoland 4000, a condominium complex in Davao. […]
(Eagle News) — These photos show just how the Eva Hotel in Kidapawan City, Cotabato is reduced to near rubble as it partially collapses, with its facade appearing more like an accordion, because of the severe damage after the 6.5 magnitude quake that hit Cotabato on Thursday morning, Oct. 31. This was just two days after the magnitude 6.6 quake that also hit Cotabato, followed by hundreds of aftershocks. But authorities clarified that […]
(Eagle News) — In these photos taken by Eagle News Service correspondent Angelo Frando in Davao City, the Ecoland 4000 apartment buildings are seen heavily damaged, with huge cracks, after Thursday morning’s (Oct. 31, 2019) 6.5 magnitude quake to that hit Mindanao anew. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said that this tremor was not an aftershock of the magnitude 6.6 quate that hit Tulunan, Cotabato two days ago, on Oct. 29, […]
(Eagle News) — People opted to stay outside their homes, and for the injured people –even outside hospitals — after the 6.6 magnitude quake that hit Mindanao. Aftershocks continued to rock areas of Mindanao, including the epicenter of the Oct. 29 quake in Tulunan, Cotabato on Thursday, Oct. 31. Phivolcs had recorded hundreds of aftershocks since Tuesday, and there are no signs that it would abate. People set up tents outside their homes where […]
(Eagle News) – At least six persons were killed after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Tulunan, Cotabato around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, which was also felt in other parts of Mindanao. One fatality was identified by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) as Nestor Narciso, 66, from Koronadal City, while the other fatality was a boy who was fleeing his schoolroom during the quake. Agence France Presse said that […]
(Eagle News)–At least one person died and several were injured after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office identified the fatality as Nestor Narciso, 66, of Koronadal City. The NDRRMC several from M’Lang in North Cotabato and Kidapawan were also injured. The earthquake struck days after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the area on Oct. 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology said there was no tsunami […]
(Eagle News)-A 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Northern Samar on Friday, Oct. 25. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 74 kilometers northwest of Laoang at 7:28 a.m. Depth of focus was three kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) — The number of persons killed due to the magnitude 6.3 quake that struck Mindanao on Oct. 16 rose to 7, while those injured rose to 215, according to the latest report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The fatalities include a mother and her child who died when their house was buried in landslide triggered by the earthquake in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur, and another girl from […]
