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A MAGNITUDE 5.9 earthquake shook Mindanao at 9:22 p.m. Monday, with epicenter in Kadingilan, Bukidnon and reported intensities of up to six in different parts of the southern mainland.

THE COTABATO provincial government held a planning workshop on Wednesday as a first step to drafting the recovery and rehabilitation program for residents displaced by the series of earthquakes in October.

A family with children and an elderly member is among those evacuated from the remote barangays of Buhay Buena Vida and Garsica in Makilala during rescue operations conducted by the Bureau of Fire Protection following the 6.5 earthquake on Oct. 31.

FIVE PEOPLE have been confirmed dead while two are missing in the aftermath of the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck central Mindanao on Oct. 29, according to the Oct. 30 update from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

A MAGNITUDE 6.6 earthquake struck central Mindanao on Tuesday morning, the second major tremor to hit southern Philippines this month, geologists said.

AFTERSHOCKS as strong as magnitude 4.3 continue to rock parts of Mindanao a week after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Oct. 16 with the epicenter around Tulunan, Cotabato, based on the monitoring of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

DAMAGE TO infrastructure from the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao last Oct. 16 has been initially assessed at P86 million, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported on Monday.

AUTHORITIES CONDUCTED infrastructure damage assessment while remaining on high alert Thursday after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook many parts of Mindanao at around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, with the epicenter in Tulunan, a town in Cotabato province located in the central part of the island.

A MAGNITUDE 4.9 earthquake rattled North Cotabato at 9:55 a.m. on Friday, a report from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

MORE THAN 100 aftershocks were recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) following the magnitude 5.6 earthquake that rocked parts of Mindanao at around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 9.

SEARCH and rescue operations will continue at the Pampanga supermarket that collapse during Monday’s earthquake, even though there are no signs of life said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)

TACLOBAN CITY Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez ordered the cancellation of classes in all private and public schools on Wednesday following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Eastern Samar on Tuesday afternoon, which was felt at intensity 5 in the city.

A 6.1-MAGNITUDE earthquake hit parts of Luzon island late Monday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported early evening that day.

A MAGNITUDE 6 earthquake jolted parts of Mindanao at 4:03 a.m. Wednesday, with the epicenter recorded 127 kilometers southeast of Gov. Generoso town in...

Kupang, Indonesia -- A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning...

Mataram, Indonesia -- Multiple earthquakes -- including a powerful and shallow 6.9-magnitude tremor -- have rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, killing at...

Mataram, Indonesia -- Indonesia mounted a rescue operation Monday to reach more than 500 hikers and guides stranded by landslides on an active volcano...

A MAGNITUDE 5.4 tectonic earthquake shook Cagayan province in northeastern Luzon early morning Monday, April 16, with intensity 1 felt all the way in...

A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the main southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, though...

By Arjay L. Balinbin The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) has confirmed on Wednesday, Feb. 7, that a Filipino is missing after a 6.4...

A MAGNITUDE 4.9 tectonic earthquake shook parts of Eastern Samar and Leyte at 10:48 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6. Based on the Philippine Institute of...

A MAGNITUDE 4.1 tectonic earthquake was recorded 39 kilometers off Guian town in Eastern Samar at 11:00 a.m. Sunday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology...

THE MINES and Geosciences Bureau-Region 8 (MGB-8) has recommended to the Ormoc City government the permanent relocation to safer areas of residents from five...

By Victor V. Saulon, Sub-Editor POWER has been fully restored in Leyte, Samar and Bohol after the three provinces suffered for weeks without electricity when...

By Jil Danielle M. Caro KANANGA, Leyte has been placed in a state of calamity on Friday after it was hit by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake...

SYDNEY -- A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Sunday, shaking homes and sparking a tsunami alert, but there were no immediate reports...