DAVAO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development–11 reported on Sunday, Oct. 12, that they have extended P27.3 million to families affected by the twin earthquakes that hit Manay town in Davao Oriental province and felt across Mindanao. In a Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and...
A total of 167 volcanic earthquakes were recorded at Bulusan Volcano over a 24-hour period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in its latest observation released on Wednesday, June 11. This is higher than the 14 quakes recorded the previous day. The agency also...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga early Monday morning, causing slight damage and brief evacuations before the threat of a tsunami hitting the Pacific island country passed. Tsunami sirens could be heard after the 1:18 a.m. quake urging residents to...
A woman reacts after being informed that her husband had died at the site of a collapsed under construction high-rise building in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of...
Damaged pagodas are seen after an earthquake, Friday, March 28, 2025 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo) BANGKOK (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a...
People who evacuated from buildings following earthquake in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Chutima Lalit) BANGKOK (AP) — Bangkok police said a high-rise building under construction collapsed when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Thai capital midday on Friday, and...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – The Ilocos Norte and Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices are on heightened alert as a series of earthquakes rattled the two provinces in the past days. EPICENTER of the magnitude-4.4 earthquake in Ilocos Sur on Friday morning, March 14....
Fire service rescuers arrive at the airport of the earthquake-hit island of Santorini, Greece, on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea...
The coastal town of Santa Catalina in Ilocos Sur will conduct a tsunami drill this month. The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said this will enable the people to know what to do when a tsunami occurs after a magnitude-8 earthquake. The local government released a route to...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices in Region 1 (Ilocos) remain on heightened alert for the possible effects of the successive offshore earthquakes in Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur in the past few days. PDRRMO-Ilocos Sur chief Rhon Arquelada said that...
Photo of Kanlaon Volcano taken on Sept. 11, 2024 (Courtesy of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) Director Teresito Bacolcol said on Friday, Sept. 20 that Kanlaon Volcano continues to be under Alert Level 2...
IP Camera snapshots of Kanlaon Volcano around 3 p.m. on July 2, 2024, taken from the observation stations in Canlaon City (KVO-CC; left) and Mansalanao, La Castellana (VKMN; right). (Phivolcs/Facebook) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has detected a significant...
