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Tsunami alert for Alaska after major 7.5 magnitude quake

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 20 07:26 AM

LOS ANGELES - A tsunami alert was issued Monday after a major 7.5-magnitude quake struck off the coast of Alaska, US agencies said. Read more »

San Joaquin, Iloilo hit by earthquake again

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 09:41 PM

This was the fourth earthquake that hit San Joaquin since Friday morning. Read more »

Magnitude 5.2 quake hits Occidental Mindoro; aftershocks expected

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 04:58 AM

The tectonic temblor occurred 4:06 a.m. approximately 21 kilometers northeast of Looc, Occidental Mindoro with a depth of 12 km. Read more »

Magnitude 4.5 quake jolts San Joaquin, Iloilo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 11:15 AM

MANILA - A magnitude 4.5 earthquake jolted San Joaquin, Iloilo at 8:27 a.m. Friday. Read more »

Restart of Japan's tsunami-hit Onagawa nuclear reactor to be OK'd

Kyodo News
Posted at Oct 14 02:01 PM

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai made the decision on Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s plan to reboot the No. 2 unit of its Onagawa nuclear plant in the prefecture. Read more »

WWII bomb goes off in Poland during defusal op

Stanislaw Waszak and Anna Maria Jakubek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 03:53 AM

The device -- nicknamed "Tallboy" and also known as an "earthquake bomb" -- was dropped by the Royal Air Force in an attack on a Nazi warship in 1945. Read more »

4.8-magnitude quake rattles Eastern Samar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 13 04:21 PM

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Eastern Samar on Tuesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Read more »

Massive WWII 'earthquake bomb' found near Baltic Sea

Stanislaw Waszak, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 12 02:03 PM

The five-ton device -- nicknamed "Tallboy" and also known as an "earthquake bomb - was designed to explode underground next to a target, triggering shock waves that would cause destruction. The bomb is six meters (19 feet) long and has 2.4 tons of explosives. Read more »

School opening in Occ. Mindoro pushes through despite earthquake: DepEd

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 09:51 AM

The Department of Education said the school opening in Occidental Mindoro would push through even after the province was rocked by an earthquake early Monday.   Read more »

Occidental Mindoro town spared by 5.6-magnitude quake

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 05 09:54 AM

A moderate earthquake that struck off southeast of Looc, Occidental Mindoro early Monday did not cause damage, the town's vice mayor said. Read more »

M5.6 quake jolts Occidental Mindoro; intensity felt in Metro Manila

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 05 05:20 AM

A magnitude 5.6 quake rocked Looc town in Occidental Mindoro before dawn Monday but is not expected to cause any damage.  Read more »

Magnitude-4.6 earthquake hits Tarlac; no damage anticipated

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 11:05 PM

Intensity 4 was felt in Villasis town, Pangasinan on Saturday, while Intensity 2 was also felt in Quezon City and Cabanatuan City. Read more »

Magnitude-4.6 quake strikes off Davao Occidental; no damage expected

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 09:44 PM

The tremor happened 200 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos town at 8:29 p.m., according to state seismologists. Read more »

4.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Occidental Mindoro

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 02:25 PM

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Occidental Mindoro on Saturday afternoon, the Phivolcs said. Read more »

Magnitude 5.3 na lindol niyanig ang Bayabas, Surigao del Sur

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 09:36 AM

MAYNILA - Niyanig ng magnitude 5.3 na lindol ang Bayabas, Surigao del Sur, Huwebes ng umaga. Read more »

Magnitude 4.7 quake strikes off Babuyan Island

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 09:21 AM

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off Babuyan Island in Calayan town, Cagayan on Wednesday morning, Phivolcs said. Read more »

4.4-magnitude aftershock rattles Surigao del Sur

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 26 10:45 PM

The tremor was an aftershock of the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that rattled the province on Sept. 21, the Phivolcs said. Read more »

Magnitude-4.1 quake strikes near Philippine Trench

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 11:09 PM

MANILA — A 4.1-magnitude undersea earthquake struck off Surigao Del Sur late Thursday and occurred near the Philippine Trench, according to Phivolcs. Read more »

Some aftershocks rock Surigao del Sur - Phivolcs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 07:12 AM

Some aftershocks have hit Surigao Del Sur following this year's strongest quake so far, the country's chief seismologist said Tuesday. Read more »

Magnitude 6.1 quake strikes off Surigao Del Sur

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 07:48 AM

A magnitude 6.1 quake struck the waters off the southern province of Surigao Del Sur early Monday, the state seismology institute said.  Read more »