WEEKLY DISASTER UPDATE 23 – 29 January 2023

2023-01-30T15:00+0100ahacentre (en)

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the fourth week of 2023, a total of 17 disaster events (floods, landslides, storms, and an earthquake) affected the region. Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have reportedly been affected. Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana BNPB ) reported floods caused by moderate to....

ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update Week 4 (23 - 29 January 2023)

2023-01-30T08:11+0100reliefWeb (en)

REGIONAL SUMMARY: For the fourth week of 2023, a total of 17 disaster events (floods, landslides, storms, and an earthquake) affected the region. Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have reportedly been affected. Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana BNPB ) reported floods caused by moderate to....

World Earthquake Report for Monday, 30 January 2023

2023-01-30T06:21+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 4 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 29 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 106 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 183 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 4.1 x 10 13 joules (11.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 9917 tons of TNT or 0.

Suspension of hike in disaster premium temporary – Insurance Commission

2023-01-29T17:38+0100philstar (en)

MANILA, Philippines The Insurance Commission (IC) said the suspension of the premium increase on catastrophe insurance is just temporary, pending public consultations. In its latest advisory to non-life insurance and reinsurance? companies and licensed intermediaries in the Philippines, the IC said....

World Earthquake Report for Sunday, 29 January 2023

2023-01-29T06:25+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5 +: 6 earthquakes Magnitude 4 +: 26 earthquakes Magnitude 3 +: 114 earthquakes Magnitude 2 +: 238 earthquakes No quakes of magnitude 6 or higher. Total seismic energy estimate: 8.7 x 10 13 joules (24.1 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 20750 tons of TNT or 1.

Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.0 just reported 31 km southwest of Glan, Philippines

2023-01-29T06:04+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 occurred around noon on Sunday, January 29th, 2023, at 12:23 pm local time near Glan, Province of Sarangani, Soccsksargen, Philippines , as reported by the United States Geological Survey. According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 11.5 km.

Magnitude 5.5 quake jolts Eastern Samar, aftershocks expected — Phivolcs

2023-01-28T02:58+0100inquirer (en)

MANILA, Philippines — Eastern Samar was jolted by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake on Saturday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). State seismologists warned that aftershocks are expected. Phivolcs detected the earthquake at 4:25 a.m.

Significant 5.4 quake hits near Tacloban City, Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines

2023-01-27T22:12+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake near Tacloban City, Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines , was reported only 29 minutes ago by the United States Geological Survey, considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 69.

Strongest earthquake ever: 9.5 magnitude quake shook ground for 10 minutes in 1960; read hair-raising details

2023-01-27T12:07+0100dnaindia (en)

In 1960, the most powerful earthquake to ever be recorded shook land for approximately 10 seconds in South American country Chile. This was the biggest jolt to man from mother nature in recorded history. The massive 9.5 magnitude earthquake is famous as the Great Chilean earthquake or the Valdivia earthquake.

Global earthquake report for Wednesday, January 25, 2023

2023-01-26T14:28+0100exbulletin (en)

00:24 AM | Written by: Seismic Monitor. Global earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 3 in the last 24 hours on January 26, 2023. Summary: 4 earthquakes 5.0+, 41 earthquakes 4.0+, 145 earthquakes 3.0+, 235 earthquakes 2.0+ (total 425) magnitude 5+: 4 earthquakes 4+ degree: 41 earthquakes 3+....

Magnitude 3.2 earthquake strikes near Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines

2023-01-26T08:48+0100volcanodiscovery (en)

A very shallow magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported early afternoon near Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Central Visayas, Philippines . According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the quake hit on Thursday, January 26th, 2023, at 3:13 pm local time at a very shallow depth of 1 km.