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(Eagle News) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit the town of Sabtang in Batanes on Thursday morning, March 2. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said the quake was felt at 164 kilometers south of Sabtang at 9:27 a.m. The tremor’s epicenter was traced at 49 kilometers west of Sabtang, Batanes. There were no aftershocks reported.
JOHANNESBERG, South Africa (AFP) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit near Africa’s Lake Tanganyika early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with the epicenter in northern Zambia. The quake, which was 10 kilometres (six miles) deep, struck at 00:32 GMT about 45 kilometres from the Zambian town of Kaputa, which lies near the borders of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In December 2005, a powerful earthquake struck the Lake Tanganyika region of East Africa. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte promised to release P2 billion in aid and rehabilitation money for quake-hit Surigao del Norte, including the aid and relief money for the quake victims during his visit to the province on Sunday, February 12, following Friday’s 6.7 magnitude tremor that left at least six people dead and over 200 injured. The President flew to the province to personally oversee the relief and rehabilitation efforts being done by […]
(Eagle News) – More than 20 aftershocks were reported by the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) in Surigao del Norte after the 6.7 magnitude quake that shook Surigao City Friday night at exactly 10:03 p.m. On Sunday morning, five aftershocks were recorded in Surigao del Norte, all occurring near Surigao City, the strongest of which was 4.1 magnitude which occurred at 11:01 a.m. Surigao City was declared under a state of calamity […]
(Eagle News) — The 6.7 magnitude earthquake that shook Surigao City Friday night had severely damaged the city, leaving 6 people dead and more than a hundred people injured and currently being treated in various hospitals, according to Surigao City disaster officials Saturday. Surigao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Officer Ramon Gotinga initially said that the death toll has reached 15 people, while the number of injured people being treated in hospitals in […]
Manila, Philippines (AFP) — A strong quake shook the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least three people, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing their homes, media reports and authorities said. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake knocked out power in the city of Surigao, more than 700 kilometres southeast of the capital Manila, and an unknown number of people are believed to be trapped in rubble. At least seven people were injured by falling debris […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, the third strong tremor off the Pacific nation in less than two weeks. The quake hit at 4.46pm (0546 GMT) at a depth of 39 kilometres (24 miles) about 83 kilometres west-northwest of Kirakira, the USGS added. On December 10 a 6.9-magnitude quake struck off Kirakira. The previous day a 7.7-magnitude tremor triggered severe shaking […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no immediate casualties were reported and an initial tsunami threat was later deemed to have passed. The earthquake struck 60 km to the east of Taron, New Ireland, at 8.51 pm local time (1051 GMT) at a depth of some 75 km, the USGS said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre initially warned hazardous […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) –The number of people left homeless after an earthquake struck western Indonesia has soared to nearly 84,000, leaving authorities struggling to care for the victims, an official said Tuesday. The shallow quake last week killed more than 100 people and injured many more when it struck Aceh province, one of the areas worst affected by the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Thousands of homes, businesses and mosques were levelled by the […]
XINJIANG, China (Reuters) — An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit China’s far western region of Xinjiang on Thursday (December 8), the China Earthquake Administration said, with tremors shaking buildings near the epicentre about 100 km (60 miles) west of the regional capital of Urumqi. There were no immediate reports of major damage or casualties from the quake, which struck at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). A police office in Hutubi county where the […]
ACEH PROVINCE, Indonesia (Reuters) — Intensive efforts to search for possible survivors continued in Indonesia on Thursday (December 8), after a deadly quake in Aceh the previous day. The magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck on early hours of Wednesday (December 7) and killed at least 102 people, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. Pidie Jaya regency, located on the east coast of Aceh province in northern Indonesia, was the worst hit area. Search teams formed […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude 5 quake of tectonic origin shook Quezon province and was felt in other areas of Luzon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The quake’s location was 24 kilometers northwest of General Nakar, Quezon province and had a depth of 13 kilometers. It was registered at 3:10 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, and was felt at various intensities in different parts of Luzon. The quake was felt at intensity 5 […]
