EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS - A handout picture taken and released on April 25, 2023 by Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) shows villagers taking shelter at Sigapokna village, on Mentawai island, after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit the area. (Handout/Indonesia’s disaster mitigation...
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Agusan del Norte around 5:32 p.m., Monday, April 24, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake originated at a depth of 1 kilometer and had its epicenter around 4 kilometers northwest of Santiago, Agusan del...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rocked Agusan del Norte on Monday afternoon, April 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was registered at 5:32 p.m. The epicenter was 21 kilometers (kms) northwest of Nasipit town, Agusan del Norte....
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-four earthquake rocked Sindangan town, Zamboanga del Norte province, on Monday morning, April 24, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the earthquake occurred at 8:28 a.m. and its epicenter was plotted 10 kilometers...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand is assessing the possibility of a tsunami risk after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted the country's northeast islands region. The quake hit the Kermadec Islands region with a depth of 49 km at 12:41 p.m. local time. People should be self-evacuating...
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Isabela province on Sunday afternoon, April 23, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 28 kilometers northeast of Maconacon town, Isabela province around 5:19 p.m. It was initially measured as a...
An earthquake with a magnitude measuring 5.8 jolted waters off Davao Occidental, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Friday, April 21. (Phivolcs) The epicenter of the quake was traced 292 kilometers (km) southeast of Balut Island in the municipality of...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.2 earthquake rocked Balut Island in the municipality of Sarangani in Davao Occidental on Monday morning, April 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake occurred at 9:32 a.m. and its epicenter was 301 kilometers southeast of...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A 7.0-magnitude earthquake was recorded in the sea north of the main Indonesian island of Java, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said on Friday, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The strong quake struck at 4:55 pm local time (0955 GMT), the USGS said, with...
BUTUAN CITY – Provincial and municipal disaster councils in the Caraga region were mobilized following a moderately strong tectonic earthquake that rocked Agusan del Norte at past midnight on Friday, April 14. Agusan del Norte Gov. Maria Angelica Rosedell M. Amante, Mayor Ronnie Vicente R....
The Muntinlupa City government will sign agreements with funeral parlors in preparation for the “Big One” or a massive earthquake that is projected to hit the country anytime. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the “Big One” refers to a large...
BUTUAN CITY – A magnitude-4.3 earthquake rocked the island-province of Tawi-Tawi past midnight on Thursday, April 13, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs said the epicenter of the 12:46 a.m. earthquake was 332 kilometers (kms) southeast of...
