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The 2013 Bohol earthquake occurred on October 15 at 8:12:31 PST in Bohol, an island province located in Central Visayas, Philippines. [9] The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at M w 7.2, with epicenter 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) S 24° W of Sagbayan , and its depth of focus was 12 kilometres (7.5 mi).
The 2013 Bohol earthquake was a deadly event which happened on 15 October, striking the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Masbate and Leyte. The M w 7.2 earthquake produced a ~50-km-long, ~12-km-wide northeast trending zone of uplift with an ~8-km-long discontinuous ground rupture indicating predominantly reverse-slip movement on a ...
2010 Mindanao earthquakes triplet earthquake, deep focus events [19] 2012 February 6 11:49 Negros 6.7 VII 113 dead, 112 injured 2012 Negros earthquake [20] 2012 August 31 20:47 Samar 7.6 VII 1 dead, 1 injured 2012 Samar earthquake [21] 2013 October 15 08:12 Bohol 7.2 IX 222 dead, 976 injured 2013 Bohol earthquake [22] 2017 February 10 22:03 ...
PGA is an important parameter (also known as an intensity measure) for earthquake engineering, The design basis earthquake ground motion (DBEGM) [2] is often defined in terms of PGA. Unlike the Richter and moment magnitude scales, it is not a measure of the total energy (magnitude, or size) of an earthquake, but rather of how much the earth ...
One of the largest earthquakes to hit Bohol struck the island at 8:12 AM on October 15, 2013. [9] The center of the M 7.2 earthquake was near Sagbayan, Bohol . Based on the technical assessment conducted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts after the 2013 Bohol earthquake, the watchtower experienced moderate to serious damage.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 4 at a depth of 39.9 km (24.8 mi). [247] A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, on September 4 at a depth of 32.8 km (20.4 mi). This was an aftershock of the 6.5 earthquake.
The Alburquerque church sustained minimal damage from the 2013 Bohol earthquake. Three years prior to the quake, restoration work was already being done in the parish. It is notably one of the few intact churches after the earthquake in the tourist trail of Bohol. [7]
Former sea bottom that raised during the 2013 Bohol earthquake – the water used to extend to the mangroves at right. Tectonic uplift is the geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics.