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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 ...
The earthquake killed five people, injured two others [7] [2] and destroyed around 1,000 homes. [8] East Sepik provincial police commander Christopher Tamari warned that the death toll could rise as emergency teams were trying to reach remote areas. [9] Two of the deaths occurred in Angoram [7] and another died in Gawi. [10]
The 1975 M w 7.6 earthquake was caused by intra-slab normal faulting, while the 2012 M7.6 was a result of thrust faulting within the descending slab. [ 3 ] The relatively young Cotabato Trench subduction zone has been associated with several large megathrust earthquakes, including the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake (M8.3), the 1976 Moro Gulf ...
A magnitude 4 earthquake rattled Southern California before dawn Sunday morning — the strongest in a series of modest earthquakes to strike near the Ontario International Airport in the last month.
Two massive earthquakes are reported to have killed more than 2,300 people and wounded many thousands more in Turkey and Syria – with experts warning the death toll was likely to rise sharply ...
A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the island nation of Vanuatu in the Pacific on Tuesday, causing considerable damage to numerous homes and businesses, including a complex that houses the ...
On February 16, 1871, earthquakes and subterranean rumblings began to be felt in Camiguin, which increased in severity until April 30 when a volcanic fissure opened up 400 yards southwest of the village of Catarman, on the northwest flank of the Hibok-Hibok Volcano. From the opening, lava was continuously ejected and poured into the sea for ...
July 24–29 – A state of calamity is declared in Metro Manila, Bataan, Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Oriental Mindoro, Pampanga, Kabacan and Pikit in Cotabato, Cainta, Rizal, and San Andres, Romblon due to floods caused by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Carina (Gaemi). At least 39 people are killed nationwide due to the ...