Based on Phivolcs' latest advisory, no aftershocks and damage are expected

The phenomenon is called coastal uplift, and it happens when the seabed rises in response to the up-and-down movement of an earthquake

Phivolcs identifies at least 10 General Santos City barangays as high-risk zones, a designation that signals a localized but severe failure of soil under stress

Catholic leaders expressed solidarity Monday with communities devastated by a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Philippines. The tectonic tremor hit at 7:37 a.m. off Sarangani on June 8, according to the Phivolcs, killing at least 32 people and injuring more than 100 others across different provinces in Mindanao. The quake knocked out electricity in […]

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MANILA — The Philippines’ seismology agency Phivolcs lifted a tsunami alert in its southern provinces on Monday, saying that the risks from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake had now abated. “After the extended two-hour observation period, minor sea level disturbances continued to be recorded; however, these observed wave heights are too small to cause damage,” Phivolcs said in […]

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MANILA — A Philippine disaster official said on Monday that authorities are verifying reports of at least five deaths in the southern city of General Santos from a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Agripino Dacera, the disaster management chief in General Santos, said the fatalities are still being verified as authorities assess the extent of the damage on the […]

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The public was treated to a visual phenomenon when a meteor was spotted falling near the slopes of the erupting Mayon Volcano earlier this week. Clips of the meteor striking near the Albay-based stratovolcano went viral as the phenomenon caused a streak of bright green light to suddenly appear on a livestream capturing Mayon’s effusive […]

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An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the Samar region of the Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the GFZ said. The Philippine seismology agency, Phivolcs, reported the epicenter at 11.82°North, 125.62°East – 020 kilometers North 68° East of San Julian, Eastern Samar. […]

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Phivolcs records 475 volcanic earthquakes at Bulusan Volcano since March 15, indicating a return to 'low-level unrest'