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Largest. Mw 8.3 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake. Deadliest. M w 8.0 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake 5,000–8,000 killed. The Philippines lies within the zone of complex interaction between several tectonic plates, involving multiple subduction zones and one large zone of strike-slip, all of which are associated with major earthquakes.
1 dead. On August 12, 2021, at 01:46:12 PST, a strong M w 7.1 earthquake struck the island of Mindanao at a depth of 55.1 kilometers (34.2 mi). It had a maximum perceived Intensity V on the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale. [1] No damage or injuries were reported but a young man was killed by the earthquake.
The earthquake occurred as a result of shallow oblique-thrust faulting likely along the subduction interface of the Philippine Trench. At this location, the Philippine Sea Plate moves west-northwest at a rate of about 103 mm (4.1 in) per year with respect to the Sunda Plate. A finite fault model suggests rupture occurred around an elliptical ...
The magnitude 6.7 quake was located 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Burias at the southern tip of the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered at a depth of 78 kilometers (48 ...
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine residents were allowed to return to their homes on Sunday after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the country's south, killing at least one person, with disaster ...
The death toll from a magnitude 6.7 offshore earthquake in the southern Philippines rose to eight, the country's civil defence said on Sunday. Two people missing in a landslide after Friday's ...
6.0–6.9. 1,320. 5.0–5.9. 81,848. ← 2001–2010. 2021–2030 →. The following is a list of significant earthquakes for the period 2011–2020, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included. For lists of earthquakes by country, which may include smaller and ...
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 ...