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Magnitude 4.6 earthquake jolts Davao Oriental

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 09:04 AM

A magnitude-4.6 earthquake hit Davao Oriental province on Sunday morning, Phivolcs said. Read more »

Magnitude 5 quake rocks Surigao del Norte

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 09:26 PM

MANILA — A magnitude 5.0 quake struck Surigao del Norte Monday night, Phivolcs said. Read more »

Davao Oriental, niyanig ng magnitude 6.4 na lindol

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 08:58 PM

Niyaning ng magnitude 6.4 na lindol ang Manay, Davao Oriental nitong hapon ng Sabado. Read more »

LOOK: Mall-goers evacuate, structures break as 6.4 quake hits Davao Oriental

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 11:05 PM

Mall-goers rushed out to the streets and some structures cracked and crumbled when a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental Saturday. Read more »

Japan death toll rises to 30 after powerful quake

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 05:04 PM

The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 30 Saturday, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors. Read more »

Magnitude 6.4 quake rocks Davao Oriental

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 06:12 PM

A magnitude 6.4 quake struck Davao Oriental on Saturday afternoon, Phivolcs said. Read more »

66 Pinoy tourists in Sapporo safe: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 07:16 PM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday 66 Filipino tourists in Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan were safe after the powerful quake that hit the northern Japanese island Thursday. Read more »

Rescuers with dogs search for survivors after deadly Japan quake

Kaori Kaneko and Malcolm Foster, Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 05:53 PM

TOKYO - Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, as electricity was restored to just over half of households. Read more »

Search for survivors

Kyodo/via Reuters
Posted at Sep 07 02:59 PM

Members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) search for survivors from a house damaged by a landslide caused by an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on Friday.    Read more »

Death toll from Japan's Hokkaido doubles to 16 - prime minister

Kaori Kaneko and Makiko Yamazaki, Reuters
Updated as of Sep 07 09:56 AM

TOKYO - The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rattled the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido doubled to at least 16, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday, with more than half the island's 5.3 million residents still without power.   Read more »

At least 9 dead, 300 injured as quake strikes Japan

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 07 12:13 AM

At least nine people were killed and about 300 injured by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, destroying houses, ripping apart roads and causing a number of massive landslides, including some that buried parts of towns.   Read more »

No Filipino casualty after 6.7-magnitude quake jolts Hokkaido: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 08:58 PM

No Filipino was hurt in the 6.7-magnitude quake that hit the town of Hokkaido, the Philippine ambassador to Japan said Thursday. Read more »

Hokkaido quake kills 8

Jiji Press/AFP Photo
Posted at Sep 06 07:45 PM

A car (right) is stuck on a road damaged by an earthquake in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture on Thursday. Read more »

SLIDESHOW: Powerful quake rocks Hokkaido

Photos from Reuters and AFP
Posted at Sep 06 01:57 PM

Still reeling from the destruction caused by the violent Typhoon Jebi, Japan was hit anew by another disaster when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Hokkaido at 3:08AM Thursday. Read more »

PH Embassy in Japan checking on Pinoys in Hokkaido in wake of powerful quake

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 12:56 PM

MANILA - The Philippine Embassy in Japan is checking on the condition of Filipino residents in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido after a 6.7-magnitude quake hit early Thursday morning, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.  Read more »

At least 19 missing, 120 injured as powerful quake hits Japan's Hokkaido

William Mallard, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 09:01 AM

A powerful earthquake triggered a landslide that engulfed houses on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido early on Thursday, television footage showed, injuring and trapping dozens of people and cutting power to millions across Hokkaido. Read more »

Houses engulfed in landslide after powerful quake hits Japan

William Mallard, Reuters
Posted at Sep 06 06:30 AM

TOKYO - A powerful earthquake on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido caused a landslide that engulfed houses early on Thursday, injuring and trapping a number of people and cutting power in several areas. Read more »

Powerful quake rocks Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 06 03:22 AM

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 rocked Hokkaido, northern Japan, early Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Read more »

Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Occidental Mindoro, parts of Metro Manila

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 12:17 AM

MANILA - A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro province late Friday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Read more »

No Pinoys hurt in Iran quake: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 26 04:24 PM

The DFA added that it has tasked the Philippine Embassy in Tehran to coordinate with Filipinos living in the city of Kermanshah. Read more »