Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off the coast of Mindanao Island in Philippines
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit off Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Wednesday morning.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a magnitude 6.7 earthquake hit off Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Wednesday morning.
Philippine state volcanologists on Tuesday raised the alert level of Mayon Volcano in Albay province on Luzon island to Alert Level 3, citing the "onset of dome collapse pyroclastic density current," the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos declared a state of national calamity due to the impact of Typhoon Kalmaegi and in anticipation of an upcoming typhoon, local media reported Thursday.
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos has directed government agencies to immediately evacuate people in the coastal areas threatened by a tsunami after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Friday morning.
Philippine security forces have killed seven suspected criminals in a clash in southern Philippines, a military commander said Saturday.
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The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that 164 died in the central Philippines while three died in the southern Philippines.
The government has evacuated over 7,000 people from 18 villages around the volcano.
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