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The 2017 Batangas earthquakes were an earthquake swarm that occurred from early April to mid-August 2017, affecting the province of Batangas in the Philippines and other nearby areas. The first major earthquake occurred on April 4 at 8:58 pm Philippine Standard Time , with a surface wave magnitude of 5.5 off the coast of Batangas.
Aftershocks. Some, Strongest is 4.8 Mw. Casualties. 14 injured. On February 7, 2021, at 12:22 PM PST, an earthquake measuring M ww 6.0 struck Davao del Sur and Cotabato. The event registered a Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) of VIII ( Severe) with VII on the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale (PEIS).
At 14:11 PST (06:11 UTC) on December 15, 2019, the province of Davao del Sur on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was struck by an earthquake measuring 6.8 Mww. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VII ( Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. [2] At least 13 people were killed and another 210 injured.
The Office of Civil Defense told TIME in an email that “information on the number of casualties is all subject to validation.” Philippines Hit By Earthquake of 6.8 Magnitude. Here's What to Know
The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 offshore earthquake in the southern Philippines rose to eight, the country's civil defence said on Sunday. Two people missing in a landslide after Friday's ...
1 dead. On August 12, 2021, at 01:46:12 PST, a strong M w 7.1 earthquake struck the island of Mindanao at a depth of 55.1 kilometers (34.2 mi). It had a maximum perceived Intensity V on the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale. [1] No damage or injuries were reported but a young man was killed by the earthquake.
List of earthquakes in the Philippines. Earthquakes in the Philippines. Tectonic map of the Philippines. Largest. Mw 8.3 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake. Deadliest. M w 8.0 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake 5,000–8,000 killed. The Philippines lies within the zone of complex interaction between several tectonic plates, involving multiple subduction zones ...
The earthquake struck at 8:43 a.m. Wednesday, local time, near the municipality of Tayum in the province of Abra, with a rather shallow depth of around 10 miles (17 km) below the earth's sur