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At 16:14 PST (08:14 UTC) on November 17, 2023, the province of Sarangani on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was struck by an earthquake measuring 6.7 M ww. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. At least eleven people were killed and another 730 were treated for injuries.
It has since been set backward 8 times and forward 17 times. The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 90 seconds, set in January 2023. The Clock was moved to 150 seconds (2 minutes, 30 seconds) in 2017, then forward to 2 minutes to midnight in January 2018, and left unchanged in 2019. [5]
It has erupted 16 times since 1885 and is considered as the 4th most active volcano in the Philippines after Mayon, Taal, and Kanlaon. There are evacuation procedures in place for parts of the peninsula, the farms nearest the volcano are evacuated, and many of the village schools are closed if it is considered possible that a more destructive ...
United States Geological Survey shake map for the 2019 Luzon earthquake; a maximum Mercalli intensity scale value of 6.6 was observed in Gutad, Floridablanca, Pampanga. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) initially reported an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 striking at 17:11 PST with an epicenter two kilometers N 28° E of Castillejos, Zambales.
The 2019 Eastern Samar Earthquake struck the islands of Visayas in the Philippines on April 23, 2019, at 1:37:51 p.m. (). [3] It had a moment magnitude of 6.5 [3] (M ww 6.4 by USGS) [4] and a local magnitude of 6.2 [5] with a max intensity of VI based on the PHIVOLCS earthquake intensity scale (PEIS). [3]
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Local date: June 3, 1863 (): Local time: 19:30 PST [2]: Duration: 30 seconds: Magnitude: 7.4 M s 6.5 M w: Epicenter: 1]: Fault: Manila trench [citation needed]: Areas affected: Manila Bay: Max. intensity: PEIS IX (Devastating) MMI XI (Extreme): Tsunami: Yes: Landslides: Yes: Foreshocks: M w 4.9 M w 4.5 : Aftershocks: 822 (83 felt) including M w 5.1 aftershock : Casualties: 1,000 dead, 200 ...