Earthquake in Davao Occidental

Magnitude of 5.3 Earthquake Strikes Balut Island Davao Occidental

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Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake

On April 13, 2024, at 02:26 PM local time, an earthquake struck Balut Island, located in the Davao Occidental province of the Philippines. The seismic event recorded a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, occurring at a depth of 74 kilometers. The precise coordinates of the earthquake’s epicenter were 02.05°N latitude and 126.56°E longitude, … Read more

Magnitude 6.7 Quake Strikes Off Balut Island, Davao Occidental

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Balut Davao Occidental Earthquake

Balut Island in Davao Occidental felt the tremors of a magnitude 6.7 earthquake, as reported by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The seismic event, occurring at 5:48 p.m., originated 368 kilometers southeast of Balut Island, Sarangani, Davao Occidental, with a depth of focus recorded at 10 kilometers. Phivolcs identified the quake as … Read more