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Date: December 02, 2023 at 07:01:31
From: sher, [DNS_Address]
Subject: M 7.6 - Mindanao, Philippines |
URL: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00s51n9y/executive |
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M 7.6 - Mindanao, Philippines
2023-12-02 14:37:03 (UTC)8.527°N 126.449°E32.8 km depth
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Date: December 03, 2023 at 06:42:03
From: eaamon, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 7.6 - Mindanao, Philippines |
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I wonder what that would have been on the old Richter scale?
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Date: December 02, 2023 at 23:37:33
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: M 7.6 - Mindanao, Philippines |
URL: https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/strong-earthquake-that-sparked-a-tsunami-warning-18530143.php |
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Strong earthquake that sparked a tsunami warning leaves 1 dead amid widespread panic in Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press
Updated Dec 2, 2023 11:14 p.m.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher grounds after a tsunami warning was issued, officials said Sunday.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake Saturday night had a magnitude of 7.6 and struck at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles). 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.
In Japan, authorities issued evacuation orders late Saturday in various parts of Okinawa prefecture, including for the entire coastal area, affecting thousands of people.
A pregnant woman died after she, her husband and daughter were hit by a 15-feet (4.5-meter) concrete wall that collapsed in their neighborhood as the ground shook and prompted them to flee from their house in Tagum city in Davao del Norte province, the city’s disaster-mitigation chief, Shieldon Isidoro, told The Associated Press.
Her husband and daughter were injured. Two other children and their parents jumped from a second-floor window in panic as their house swayed but were not injured after landing on a grassy lot, said Isidoro, who was at his home when the ground started to shake.
"Initially the swaying was weak. Then it quickly became stronger and I could hardly stand. My perfume bottles fell off a table, pictures on my wall swung and I heard people screaming outside: 'Get out, get out, earthquake, earthquake!”’ Isidoro said.
While he feared the roof of his house would collapse on him, Isidoro said he was more worried that there could be many casualties in Tagum, a city of about 300,000 people, where he had led regular earthquake drills that he thought helped prevent more deaths and injuries.
Hundreds of patients were evacuated from a Tagum hospital but later were escorted back after an inspection showed no major damage to the building, officials said.
Thousands of residents stayed outside their homes for hours in many towns due to the earthquake and tsunami scare, including in some that were drenched by an overnight downpour, officials said.
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr told a news conference that authorities were assessing the quake’s impact but initial reports indicated there were no major damages except for two damaged bridges and pockets of power outages. One death was reported with a few injuries, he said.
Teresito Bacolcol, the head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, told The AP shortly after the quake hit that his agency advised residents along the coast of Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental provinces, which were near the epicenter of the undersea quake, to immediately evacuate to higher ground or move farther inland.
Pictures posted on the Facebook account of Hinatuan town in Surigao del Sur province show residents fleeing to higher ground on foot or aboard cars, trucks, motorcycles and tricycle taxis overnight.
Many villagers who fled to evacuation centers returned to their homes on Sunday, officials said.
After undertaking inspections, civil aviation officials said there was no major damage in several airports in the south and there was no disruption in flights operations.
The Philippines, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, is often hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the ocean. The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and storms each year.
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Associated Press journalist Mari Yamaguchi contributed to this report.
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Date: December 02, 2023 at 08:36:30
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Looks like some wave action from this... |
URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/magnitude-76-earthquake-strikes-mindanao-philippines-emsc-2023-12-02/ |
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Dec 2 (Reuters) - An earthquake of at least magnitude 7.5
struck Mindanao in the southern Philippines late on
Saturday, triggering evacuation orders for some areas and
southwestern Japanese coasts because of warnings of
tsunami waves of a metre (3 feet) or more.
The Philippine Seismology Agency Phivolcs said the waves
could hit the Philippines by midnight (1600 GMT) and
continue for hours.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said there could be waves
of up to 3 metres above the tide level along some
Philippine coasts.
"Boats already at sea during this period should stay
offshore in deep waters until further advised," Phivolcs
said, asking people living near the coast of Surigao Del
Sur and Davao Oriental provinces to "immediately
evacuate" or "move farther inland".
The Japanese broadcaster NHK said tsunami waves of up to
a metre were expected to reach Japan's southwestern coast
around 30 minutes later - by 1:30 a.m. on Sunday (1630
GMT on Saturday).
Phivolcs said it did expect significant damage from the
tremor itself, but warned of aftershocks.
Raymark Gentallan, local police chief of the coastal town
of Hinatuan near the earthquake's epicentre, said power
has been knocked out since the quake struck, but disaster
response teams have not monitored any casualties or
damage yet.
Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which lies on
the "Ring of Fire", a belt of volcanoes circling the
Pacific Ocean that is prone to seismic activity.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
said a quake of magnitude 7.5 had struck at a depth of 63
km (39 miles).
The U.S. Geographic Survey put the quake at magnitude 7.6
and a depth of 32 km (20 miles), and said it had struck
at 10:37 p.m., Philippines time (1437 GMT).
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