The Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) officially stopped its search and rescue (SAR) operations in Adiyaman, Turkey nine days since its special mission in the earthquake-ravaged country started, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said Monday, Feb. 20. Photo: Philippine...
(PHIVOLCS) An earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Quezon province on Monday morning, Feb. 20, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said in its bulletin. Phivolcs said the quake struck 83 kilometers northeast of Jomalig, Quezon...
A Filipina and her three children earlier reported to be missing have been found dead under the rubble of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southern Turkiye and Syria on Feb. 6, the Philippine Embassy in Ankara confirmed. Rescuers search for survivors in a collapsed building in the city of...
Malacañang has warned the public about a fake memorandum circulating online, saying government officials faced a two-day salary deduction to fund the Philippines' Türkiye-Syria earthquake relief fund. Photo from the Official Gazette The Palace, through the Official Gazette Facebook page, said...
(PHIVOLCS) A 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit Surigao del Sur on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 19, based on the earthquake information issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake struck 8 kilometers southwest of Tandag City, Surigao del Sur around 12:47...
A rescuer stands in front of rubble near the site where Aleyna Olmez, 17, was rescued from a collapsed building, 248 hours after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck parts of Türkiye and Syria, in Kahramanmaras on February 16, 2023. OZAN KOSE / AFP ANTAKYA, Türkiye -- Turkish rescuers on...
The tally of aftershocks following the 6.0-magnitude Masbate quake has already hit 542, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 is categorized by Filipino state seismologists as “very strong.” In...
Donations are pouring in from Korean celebrities for the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey (Türkiye) and Syria on Feb. 6 resulting in the death of more than 40,000 people. According to the Korean Committee for UNICEF, as of Feb. 17, the amount publicly donated by Korean stars...
CILVEGOZU, Turkey - Syrian refugees living in Turkey sought to get back to their war-torn country on Friday after swathes of their adopted home were destroyed by last week's earthquake. Hundreds queued at the Cilvegozu border crossing in southeast Turkey following the quake, which has killed more...
GENEVA, Switzerland - More than 140 trucks carrying desperately-needed aid have crossed into rebel-held northwestern Syria from Turkey since a giant earthquake devastated the region last week, the United Nations said Friday. Trucks part of an aid convoy cross from Turkey into rebel-held north Syria...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Five Syrian children and their parents died on Friday in a fire that struck a Turkish home they moved to after surviving last week's earthquake, local media reported. The family had relocated to the central region of Konya from the southeastern Turkish city of Nurdagi, which was...
A total of 228 winter tents will be shipped by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to Türkiye on Saturday, Feb. 18, for the victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country and its neighboring state, Syria. Two hundred eighty-eight winter tents were transported from PRC Warehouse in...
