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MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake jolted Surigao del Sur after a destructive magnitude 7.4 temblor rocked the province Saturday night, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
(UPDATE) IN the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck Surigao del Sur on Saturday night, the chief of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the country is more prepared now for the «Big One» or a major, devastating quake.
The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. vowed to continue efforts to prepare the Filipino people for strong earthquakes after the provinces of Davao Oriental and Surigao del Sur were jolted over the weekend.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, the latest in a slew of strong quakes all concentrated in the same area.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 4) — State seismologists reported a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that jolted Cagwait town in Surigao del Sur Monday morning, adding that the event is not an aftershock of the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit the region two days ago.
MANILA: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, the latest in a slew of strong quakes concentrated in the same area.Monday's earthquake hit just before 4:00 am local time, (2000 GMT Sunday), at a depth of 30 kilometres (18 miles), some 72 kilometres northeast of Hinatuan municipality on Mindanao island.
MANILA: A strong earthquake in the southern Philippines has claimed at least one life, as thousands were ordered to evacuate, including in Japan, after tsunami warnings that were later lifted, Al Jazeera reported.The earthquake, measuring a magnitude of 7.6 according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) and 7.5 according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, struck off the coast of Mindanao island at a depth of 32km.