Three months after the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake of June 8 Southern Mindanao was shaken awake again. On Tuesday evening Sept. 1 another earthquake struck offshore near Balut Island. Initially…
DAVAO CITY ,Philippines- A magnitude 7 quake in the shores of Sarangani caused damages in shopping malls in Koronadal and General Santos cities and triggered a rockslide in the highway…
Five earthquakes with epicenter in New Bataan were recorded by the Philippine Volcanology Institute of Volcanology (Phivolcs).
Phivolcs said officials should be prepared for such disasters as the country lies in "an active earthquake generation area known as the Pacific Ring of Fire" with one Philippine Fault Zone running from Manila to Mati, Davao Oriental.
By DANILDA L. FUSILERO
Davao Today
“With the continuing aftershocks, more reports on damages are documented. More schools and houses were confirmed destroyed,” said Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza.