Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 23:23:38 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Mikee Nazal was at home, watching television on a late Monday afternoon, when she suddenly felt like being on a “raft floating on water.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: ryanl| Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 21:14:21 +0000
That was one hell of a day” was the last message I sent to a Viber group of professional geologists around 11 p.m. last April 23. I had provided virtual feeds as members of the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the University of the Philippines’ National Institute of Geological Sciences (UP-NIGS) went around Pampanga, Bataan and Zambales to assess the infrastructure damage and geologic manifestations of the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that hit these provinces the previous day.
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Read moreCredit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:06:07 +0000
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Philippines — Filipino-American geologist Kelvin Rodolfo on Saturday urged government investigators to determine whether the use of large amounts of lahar from Mt. Pinatubo in the construction of Chuzon Supermarket in Porac, Pampanga province, led to the building’s collapse in the 6.1-magnitude earthquake on April 22. Two Chuzon employees, a woman […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:55:32 +0000
The damage to infrastructure caused by the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that affected parts of Luzon has reached P505.92 million, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:34:41 +0000
Five more bodies were recovered from the rubble of a supermarket in Porac, Pampanga province
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 21:08:03 +0000
Many of the public and private buildings in the cities of Makati and Muntinlupa have been found to be structurally safe
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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:10:37 +0000
The earthquakes that struck Zambales in Luzon, Eastern Samar in Visayas, and Davao Oriental and Davao Occidental in Mindanao over the last three days were not related, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:28:49 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Rescuers were scrambling on Tuesday to reach more than 90 people trapped beneath the rubble of a supermarket in Porac, Pampanga province, that collapsed when a 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Luzon on Monday afternoon.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:33:46 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Over 12,000 passengers were affected by flight cancellations at Clark International Airport Corp. (Ciac) in Pampanga after large portions of the ceiling in its passenger terminal collapsed at the height of the 6.1-magnitude earthquake on Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 21:03:39 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck parts of Luzon on Monday has prompted several Metro Manila mayors to order an inspection of buildings and structures in their areas for any possible damage.
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