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In Metro Manila the estimated hazard has a mean PGA of 0.32 g for a PoE of 10% in 50 years. The main hazard comes from shallow fault sources, such as the Marikina Valley Fault System, but there is an important contribution to the overall hazard from the Manila subduction zone to the west and the potential for strong shaking from earthquakes ...
MANILA (Reuters) -A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Friday, killing one person, injuring dozens and damaging buildings, authorities said. Angel Dugaduga, a disaster ...
The earthquake was felt strongly in Metro Manila, where minor damage to a hospital and several other buildings were reported. [65] [66] The earthquake prompted the Manila Metro Rail Transit System to suspend service during rush hour. [65] Operations resumed at 10:12 a.m, with the exception of LRT Line 2 due to inspections. [67]
The Marikina Valley fault system, also known as the Valley fault system (VFS), is a dominantly right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Luzon, Philippines. [2] It extends from Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan in the north, running through the provinces of Rizal, the Metro Manila cities of Quezon, Marikina, Pasig, Taguig and Muntinlupa, and the provinces of Cavite and Laguna, before ending in ...
MANILA (Reuters) -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. Rescue ...
The quake caused severe damage to these major cities in Luzon, most significantly in Manila where a lot of buildings collapsed. Number of casualties are unknown. [7] A quake struck Lucban, Quezon on October 26, 1884. It destroyed churches in Lucban and Cavinti in Laguna province. [7]
United States Geological Survey shake map for the 2019 Luzon earthquake; a maximum Mercalli intensity scale value of 6.6 was observed in Gutad, Floridablanca, Pampanga. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) initially reported an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 striking at 17:11 PST with an epicenter two kilometers N 28° E of Castillejos, Zambales.
Metro Manila: 1645 Earthquake 600 [5] 1645 Luzon earthquake: Province of Manila: 1899 Warfare 539 Second Battle of Caloocan: Caloocan: 2009 Typhoon 448 Typhoon Ketsana: Metro Manila: 1899 Warfare 293 1899 Battle of Manila: Manila: 1968 Earthquake 268 [6] 1968 Casiguran earthquake: Manila: 1762 Warfare 247 1762 Battle of Manila: Manila: 2000 ...