Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Hits Mindoro August 12, 2011

A 5.1 earthquake hits Mindoro at about 10:30 AM August 12, 2011.

According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the earthquake is located 25 km (15 miles) W of Calapan, Mindoro, 46 km (28 miles) SSW of Batangas, Luzon; 138 km (85 miles) S of MANILA and 164 km (101 miles) WSW of San Pedro, Luzon.

Meanwhile, no damages to lives and properties are reported yet.

Photo courtesy of USGS

Magnitude 5.4 Earthquake Hit Northern Luzon - August 11, 2011

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Northern provinces in Luzon, Philippines dated August 11, 2011 at about 10:56 AM. According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the earthquake is located 118 km (73 miles) NNE of Laoag, Luzon; 167 km (103 miles) SSW of Basco, Batan Islands; 229 km (142 miles) NNW of Ilagan, Luzon and 499 km (310 miles) N of MANILA, Philippines.

According to analysis of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PhilVocs), the earthquake was at magnitude 6. In their bulletin, they cited the epicenter at 23 km northwest of Calayan Island.

Meanwhile, no damages to lives or property have been reported yet.

 Screencap courtesy of USGS

Mindoro, Philippines hit by a 5.4 earthquake - March 21, 2011

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Mindoro Island in the Philippines. According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), the exact location of Mindoro earthquake's epicenter happened March 21, 2011 at about 06:36:49 PM in 13.932°N, 120.560°E.


Specifically, it was 57 kilometers (35 miles) west northwest of Batangas; 87 km (54 miles) south southwest of MANILA, Philippines; 91 km (56 miles) northwest of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro and 103 km (64 miles) south southeast of Olongapo, Philippines.

People of Mindoro, nearby provinces and residents of the coastal areas, please always observe the basic earthquake safety measures.

Japan hits by 8.9 Earthquake - Tsunami Pictures and Video

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011 about 3:00 PM caused an approximately 4 meters Tsunami altitude that washed away cars, buildings and properties along the coastline.
According to international news reports, the flood brought about by tsunami earthquake swept away many of the building properties, boats, ships and people's lives directly to Kesennuma City. As recorded, this is the 7th largest magnitude earthquake that happened in world history since 1730. The strongest happened was in Chile on May 5, 1960. A 9.5 magnitude that killed almost 1,600 people.


Tsunami warnings has been issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (based in Hawaii) to  following geographical areas:

• Philippines
• Indonesia
• Russia
• Marcus Island
• Northern Marianas
• Philippines
• Indonesia

Earthquake.USGS also released the computer generated report of the 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan. Below are the exact details of the time, location and distances of the earthquake.

Date and time of earthquake

Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:23 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 38.322°N, 142.369°E
Depth 24.4 km (15.2 miles) set by location program
Region Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
Distances 130 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
373 km (231 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan

8.9 Earthquake and Tsunami Pictures

Japan Tsunami Video


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