2 strong quakes rock Agusan del Sur
MANILA, Philippines — Two earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.8 and 5.2 struck Agusan del Sur yesterday.
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Philippines landslide: Child rescued after 60 hours under rubble
A three-year-old girl has been rescued from a landslide in southern Philippines sixty hours after she was buried.
Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Mindanao, Philippines
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The quake was 10 km (6 miles) deep, GFZ said.The Philippine seismology agency had a different reading, saying it was a magnitude 5.9 earthquake with a depth of 27 km (16.8 miles). The Philippine agency also said in a bulletin it was expecting no damage, but that there could be aftershocks.Rescue workers searching for dozens of missing people in an earlier landslide in Maco town in the southern Philippines province of Davao de Oro had to stop their operations because of the earthquake, authorities said.
Quake halts search at Davao de Oro landslide disaster site
MANILA, Philippines — A strong earthquake in the southern Philipppines on Saturday halted a search for scores of people believed buried in a deadly landslide, forcing rescuers to vacate the area, officials said.
Back-to-back strong quakes jolt Agusan province; damages feared
MANILA, Philippines — Two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 5.8 and 5.2, struck Agusan province on Saturday, while search and retrieval operations persist in the landslide-stricken area of Mindanao.
Mayon remains under Alert Level 2
MANILA, Philippines — State volcanologists see no reason to increase Mayon’s alert level from two to three even as the volcano acted up again and spewed ash on Sunday afternoon.
Unique houses survive major Japanese quake
THE New Year's Day earthquake demolished wooden buildings all across Japan's Noto Peninsula, but thanks to decades-old smart architecture, one fishing village stood strong.
Bulusan Volcano shows signs of increased activities
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Thursday it is closely monitoring Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon following an increase in seismic activities.