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The most active volcano in the Visayas, Kanlaon has erupted 26 times since 1919. Eruptions are typically phreatic explosions of small-to-moderate size that produce minor ash falls near the volcano. In 1902, the eruption was classified as strombolian , typified by the ejection of incandescent cinder , lapilli and lava bombs.
17 March 2018 – 2018 Philippines Piper PA-23 crash. A Piper PA-23 Apache crashed into a residential area in Plaridel, Bulacan, killing all five people (three passengers and two pilots) on board and five others on the ground. [26] [27] 1 September 2019 – 2019 Philippines Beechcraft King Air crash.
Caritas Philippines opened bank accounts to collect donations for victims of the landslide and flooding in Mindanao. [46] Kilusang Mayo Uno called for an investigation as to whether the mine itself and Apex mining company's labor practices contributed to the scale of the disaster. [47]
The vessel's manifest only listed 1,493 passengers and a 53-member crew, but survivors claimed that the vessel was carrying more than 4,000 passengers. The incident was the worst peacetime disaster and the worst in the 20th century, [3] and the vessel was even named the Asia's Titanic. [6] MV Doña Marilyn: 24 October 1988 389 2 197
said Dr. Mark Albert Zarco, a professor at the Department of Engineering Sciences, University of the Philippines Diliman in a news story. Importantly, the geological and geomorphological history of the slope including, for example, the prominent strike-slip movement of about 2.5 cm per year, has ultimately lead to failures all along the scarp ...
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.
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On September 20, 2018, a landslide caused by heavy rainfall and quarrying operations by Apo Land and Quarry Corporations (ALQC) in Naga, Cebu, Philippines, killed 78 people. Five others are missing. [ 1 ]