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A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has hit the Philippines, triggering a tsunami warning. The quake struck off the island of Mindanao late at night, with residents living on the eastern coast urged to ...
The magnitude 6.7 quake was located 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Burias at the southern tip of the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered at a depth of 78 kilometers (48 ...
MANILA (Reuters) -A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was 10 km (6 miles) deep, GFZ said. Rescue ...
The United States Geological Survey reported the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). [7] The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said it had a magnitude of 7.4 and that it measured VII (Destructive) on the PHIVOLCS earthquake intensity scale in Tandag.
Many intraplate earthquakes of smaller magnitude also occur very regularly due to the interaction between the major tectonic plates in the region. The largest historical earthquake in the Philippines was the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake with M w 8.3.
The 2012 Negros earthquake occurred on February 6, 2012 at 11:49 AM PST, with a body wave magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum intensity of VII (Destructive) off the coast of Negros Oriental, Philippines. The epicenter of the thrust fault earthquake [6] was approximately 72 kilometres (45 mi) north of Negros Oriental's provincial capital, Dumaguete.
MANILA (Reuters) -The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the southern Philippines has increased to six and authorities are searching for two missing people, local disaster officials ...
It was first recorded as magnitude 6.3 by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which later downgraded it to M w 6.1 at a shallow depth of 10 km. There was a foreshock which preceded the main quake, recorded M w 4.8 at 7:28 AM PST by Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology with a PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale ...