BACOLOD CITY -- People were roused from their sleep as a magnitude-3.2 earthquake jolted this city before dawn Thursday, July 14. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the epicenter of the quake at 2:12 a.m. was located six kilometers northwest here. The quake was...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected in Sorsogon province at around 3:56 a.m., Sunday, July 3, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 9 kilometers (km) northeast of Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon and was...
THE Unnagans at their house the morning after the earthquake. APARRI, Cagayan – A family from this town got out just in time and avoided being buried alive at the height of a magnitude-6.1 earthquake that rocked this province Friday, July 1. Gemma Unnagan, 42, of Barangay San Antonio here,...
CAGAYAN -- The Aparri (MDRRMO )Municipal Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office said it is making all the necessary moves to assess the damage wrought by 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Cagayan province at 2:40 a.m. on Friday, July 1. Photo from Kath G. At least one house in Zone 1, in...
(PHIVOLCS) A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Cagayan Valley and northern Luzon at around 2:40 a.m., Friday, July 1, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 17 kilometers (km) southeast of Dalupiri Island,...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in southwestern Mindanao at around 5:23 a.m., Wednesday, June 29, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the earthquake at 35 kilometers (km) southeast of Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur, and...
SHARAN, Afghanistan -- Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless. An Afghan child is treated inside a hospital in the city of Sharan...
GARDEZ, Afghanistan -- A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 920 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings. This photograph taken on June 22, 2022...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- At least 280 people were killed and 595 injured after an earthquake struck Afghansitan's Paktika province early on Wednesday, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported. Some 255 people lost their lives in Barmal, Ziruk, Naka and Gayan districts of Paktika province, the...
An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 5.3 struck Ilocos Sur on Thursday, June 16, around 2:08 p.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. (Phivolcs) The quake’s epicenter was traced 53 kilometers (km) southwest of Candon, Ilocos Sur. It was tectonic in origin,...
Amid the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) opted to conduct the second quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) via virtual means on Thursday, June 9. 2nd quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (Courtesy of...
The Pasig City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) assured citizens that they are maximizing efforts to prepare for the inevitable "Big One," as the city participated in the Second Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) on Thursday morning, June 9. Students of...
