MANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Philippine authorities are rushing to contain a worsening oil spill from a sunken tanker that was carrying up to 800,000 litres of industrial oil, with 21 protected marine areas at risk if the leak is not contained.
The tally of aftershocks following the 6.0-magnitude Masbate quake has already hit 542, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 18.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6 is categorized by Filipino state seismologists as “very strong.” In it
Plot of the 16 February 2023 Magnitude 6.0 Masbate earthquake and aftershocks as of 16 February 2023, 1:00 p.m.. (COURTESY OF PHIVOLCS)
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has so far recorded over 300 aftershocks following the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck Batu
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When U.S. forces sank the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Musashi off the Philippines in World War II, about 1,000 of its 2,399 crew members lost their lives.