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Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Strikes Off North Indonesia: USGS
Phivolcs said intensity 3 was felt in General Santos City and Glan, and warned that aftershocks could follow.
- On Saturday, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Talaud islands, with the US Geological Survey reporting the tremor occurred at a depth of 99 kilometres some 90 kilometres southeast of Sarangani.
- The Philippines and Indonesia sit on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of intense seismic activity where earthquakes are a near-daily occurrence stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia.
- Provincial disaster official Harry Sauro told Agence France Presse the quake was only "slightly felt," though residents in General Santos City and Glan experienced Intensity 3 shaking.
- Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency confirmed no tsunami threat exists, while Phivolcs warned that aftershocks could hit following the earthquake.
- Historical data highlights regional vulnerability; a 2004 earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province triggered a tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people in the region.
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The epicenter was located 90 km from Sarananga, in the Philippines. Without damage or injury, the fall occurred in one of the most active sysmic areas of the world.
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes off Davao Occidental
DAVAO CITY – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Occidental at 6:34 p.m. on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The earthquake’s epicenter was traced 59 kilometers southeast of the island town of Sarangani and had a depth of 10 kilometers. The quake was felt at Intensity 3 in General Santos City. Instrumental Intensities were the following:Intensity 3 – Malungon, SaranganiIntensi…
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Deccan ChronicleMagnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off north Indonesia: USGS
JAKARTA: A 6.0 magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's remote northern Talaud islands on Saturday (Apr 4), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.The tremor struck at a depth of 99km, some 90km southeast of Sarangani province on the Philippine island of Mindanao
Urgent: 6.0-magnitude quake hits 90 km SE of Sarangani, Philippines: USGS
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit near Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental on Saturday evening.
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