BUTUAN CITY – Butuan City and neighboring areas suspended classes on all levels and work, both government and private, following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake in the Davao region Friday, Oct. 10. “To give way to the conduct of rapid damage assessment of infrastructures and facilities, classes on...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) immediately mobilized its volunteers after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Friday, October 10, prompting quick evacuations and first aid assistance to affected residents. According to the PRC, both Red Cross and Red Cross Youth volunteers in Davao...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Office of the Civil Defense-9 has ordered all local government units in Zamboanga Peninsula on Friday, Oct. 10, to activate their CDRRMO operations centers following the strong earthquake in the Davao region. The CDRRMO operations centers were ordered to monitor all updates...
Authorities in the Caraga region are inspecting damages from the magnitude-7.4 earthquake that rocked the Davao region on Friday, Oct. 10. The tremor was strongly felt in Butuan City, the capital of the region. Butuan City Mayor Lawrence Fortun immediately deployed the city DRRMC to look into the...
Davao City suspended work and classes following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake on Friday morning, Oct.10. "In view of the recent earthquake and to give way to the conduct of rapid damage assessment of infrastructures and facilities, classes in all levels, public and private educational institutions,...
A destructive tsunami is expected after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck offshore Davao Oriental at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned. Based on the local tsunami scenario database, wave heights of more than one meter above normal...
A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Davao Oriental at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). It was initially reported as magnitude 7.6 before Phivolcs revised it to 7.5 then 7.4 Phivolcs said the...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck La Union at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the quake’s epicenter was located 2 kilometers northeast of Pugo, La Union, at a depth of 10 kilometers. The tremor was felt...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started distributing the second tranche of relief assistance for 12 northern towns in Cebu affected by the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck the province on Sept. 30. Following a meeting with local chief executives in northern Cebu,...
Aftershocks from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck offshore Cebu on Sept. 30 have exceeded 9,000 as of Tuesday morning, Oct. 8, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said 9,184 aftershocks have been recorded as of 10 a.m. Tuesday, with...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded thousands of aftershocks nearly a week after a powerful earthquake jolted Cebu. As of 11 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7, Phivolcs said it has detected 8,298 aftershocks, of which 1,556 were “plotted,” meaning their epicenters...
Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for the victims and communities devastated by the powerful earthquake that struck Cebu and nearby provinces on Sept. 30. Speaking in Italian during his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 5, the Pope said he is united in prayer with those most affected by the...
