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The U.S. Tsunami Warning System had initially warned of waves of up to 3 metres (10 feet) above the usual high tide level. The quake, which struck at 10:37 p.m. (1437 GMT) on Saturday, was at a ...
MANILA (Reuters) -Evacuations were under way in the Philippines after a quake of at least magnitude 7.5 struck the southern region of Mindanao on Saturday night, triggering tsunami warnings in the ...
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine ...
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also said that they expected tsunami waves to be as high as 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in the Philippines, 0.3–1 m (0.98–3.28 ft) in Palau, and less than 0.3 m (0.98 ft) in American Samoa, China, South Korea, a majority of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia. [16]
UTC time: 1994-11-14 19:15:30: ISC event: 141635: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: November 15, 1994: Local time: 03:15 PST: Magnitude: 7.1 M w [1]: Depth: 31.5 km (19.6 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Strike-slip [2]: Areas affected: Philippines: Max. intensity: RFS VII (Very strong tremor) [1]: Tsunami: Yes: Casualties: 78 killed, 225–340 injured [3] [4]: The 1994 Mindoro earthquake occurred at ...
At 16:14 PST (08:14 UTC) on November 17, 2023, the province of Sarangani on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was struck by an earthquake measuring 6.7 M ww. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. At least eleven people were killed and another 730 were treated for injuries.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it expected tsunami waves to hit the southern Philippines and parts of Indonesia, Palau and Malaysia, but later dropped its tsunami warning.
Tsunami damage at Barangay Tibpuan, Lebak, Mindanao. Several fault zones in the region are capable of producing major earthquakes and destructive local tsunamis. The two major fault zones that are most dangerous are the Sulu Trench in the Sulu Sea and the Cotabato Trench, a region of subduction that crosses the Celebes Sea and the Moro Gulf in Southern Mindanao.