The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will provide burial assistance to families of those who perished in the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off Cebu on Sept. 30. DSWD-Disaster Response Management Group Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said the agency’s Field Office 7 in...
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 jolted Cebu and nearby provinces on Tuesday night, Sept. 30, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its Earthquake Information No. 2, Phivolcs said the tectonic quake struck at 9:59 p.m., with its epicenter traced...
The 72 earthquakes that shook Kanlaon Volcano on Monday, Sept. 15, were caused by underground rock fracturing as pressure pushed upward beneath the volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. “Ang ibig lamang sabihin ng pagdami ng volcano-tectonic earthquakes...
There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following a strong offshore earthquake that struck near the east coast of Kamchatka, Russia, the and Seismology (Phivolcs) assured on Saturday, Sept. 13. Phivolcs issued Tsunami Information No. 1 at 10:54 a.m., about 16 minutes after the quake hit at...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday, September 6, recorded 26 volcanic earthquakes in Mayon Volcano, warning that unrest beneath the edifice could trigger sudden steam-driven eruptions. The agency said that the tremors, detected from 12 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,...
Migrant Workers Offices in Taiwan have been placed under high alert after two strong earthquakes, both recorded 5.9 magnitude in the Richter Scale, hit the areas anew on Monday afternoon. The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said that it is continuously monitoring the effects of the twin quakes...
There was no Filipino who was hurt following two succesive earthquakes that hit Taiwan on Saturday morning, April 27, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. In a statement the DMW said Migrant Workers Offices (MWOs) in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung were immediately contacted to check on the...
Nine overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were injured when a 7.2 magnitude quake jolted Taiwan on April 3, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) disclosed on Monday, April 8. In a statement, the DMW said it the nine OFWs suffered injuries ranging from minor to light injuries. “All the OFWs have...
Relief packs and cash assistance have been distributed to hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were affected by the 7.2 magnitude quake that hit Taiwan, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) announced on Sunday, April 7. The assistance package was distributed to OFWs during the...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted Ilocos Norte at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). (Phivolcs) Phivolcs located its epicenter at 15 kilometers (km) northwest of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, and was initially measured as a...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday, Jan. 1, said there is “no tsunami threat” to the Philippines following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake near the West Coast of Honshu in Japan. (Phivolcs / Manila Bulletin) “No destructive tsunami threat exists...
DAVAO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., through Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Secretary Antonio Lagdameo Jr., has directed the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao (OPAMINE) to address all concerns in Mindanao following the magnitude-6.8 earthquake in...
