A magnitude-5.8 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Batangas in southern Luzon, Philippines, only three weeks after a magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the same region, is a reminder of the local vulnerability to earthquake hazards.
The magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, this week could have inflicted heavy damage had the quake been shallow and onshore.
Latest Philippine earthquake reveals tectonic complexity Posted on
Mario Aurelio, Director of the University of the Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences,
Mahar Lagmay, Executive Director, University of the Philippines Resilience Institute-Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards Center (@nababaha),
John Agustin Escudero, Structural Geology and Tectonics Laboratory at the University of Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences,
Sandra Catugas, Structural Geology and Tectonics Laboratory at the University of Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences
Citation: Aurelio, M., Lagmay, M., Escudero, J. A., and Catugas, S., 2021, Latest Philippine earthquake reveals tectonic complexity, Temblor, http://doi.org/10.32858/temblor.191
A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the island of Luzon, Philippines, at 4:47 a.m. local time on Saturday, July 24 (data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, or PHIVOLCS). T