An earthquake today: The new coastal earthquake, measuring size 6.9, hit the same southern Philippine region, which was hit by an earthquake of 7.4 on Friday morning, the Philippine seismologists said.
It was not immediately clear whether it was a separate earthquake or shocks of Friday morning earthquake by 7.4 magnitude-which, according to reports, killed at least five.
The head of the Philippine Institute of Seismology and the Teresito Bacolcol volcano said that the earthquake on Friday evening, set out by the city of Manay in the Dava Oriental province, was caused by the same turning line, the Philippine ditch, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 million).
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On Friday, the Filipino coast hit a massive earthquake of 7.5 Magnitude and raised concerns about possible tsunami and shocks throughout the region.
However, hours after the earthquake, the Pacific Warning Center Tsunami raised its tsunami alerts of the Philippines, Palau and Indonesia. “There is no longer a threat from this earthquake,” he said in counseling.
Friday’s earthquake comes the day after Thursday, October 9, an earthquake of 4.4 size at 10:30, with an epicenter three kilometers northwest of Pugo in La Union province at a depth of 23 kilometers.
Tremic caused a strong trembling in Baguio, which led to evacuation at schools and universities and suspension of classes for the Mayor of Benjamin Magalong, while lower intensities influenced the areas in Benguet, the province of Mountain and Pangasinan.
“We had an earthquake in the past, but that was the strongest,” said Ap Jun Saavedra, an official to alleviate the Governor’s Governor in Davao Oriental. He also added that an intense swaying land caused cracks in several buildings, including a high school where about 50 students brought an ambulance to the hospital after keeping the bruises
No victims or major damage were reported, although PHIVOLCS warned of possible shocks in the seismically active area.
The Philippines consist of what is called the Pacific Fire Ring, where 90% of the earthquakes in the world, including some of the largest.
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