During a White House roundtable on Monday tied to a new $12 billion “bridge payment” plan, President Donald Trump said his administration will move quickly to ease environmental requirements affecting ...

The initial magnitude scale was established by Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 135 B.C.E., categorizing approximately 850 stars into six ranges from 1st (brightest) to 6th (faintest) magnitude.

Geologists say a magnitude 10 earthquake is impossible, while the ‘Big One’ expected to come from the West Valley Fault is projected to have a magnitude of 7.2 Claim: The “Big One,” the strong ...

The tremor struck near Dapa municipality in Surigao del Norte province Manila: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted southern Philippines on Friday at 7.03am, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...

To test if earthquakes that occur successively at different locations are related to each other — in this case, the twin quakes in Davao Oriental after the one in Cebu — geologists employ a technique ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 occurred off the coast of Cagwait, Surigao del Sur late Saturday night. First recorded at magnitude 6.2, the epicenter of the earthquake, which hit at 10:32 p.m., ...

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CAGAYAN DE ORO—People rushed out of buildings and gathered in the streets across parts of Mindanao as a strong tremor struck at 9:43 a.m. Friday, lasting at least 30 seconds. State seismologists ...

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocked Manay, Davao Oriental on Friday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said. PHIVOLCS said the earthquake with a depth of 23 ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 11:11 a.m.) — A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck offshore of Davao Oriental on Friday, October 10, at 9:43 a.m., prompting the issuance of a tsunami warning for ...

Manila, Philippines — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake Friday morning off the southern Philippines killed at least two people, damaged a hospital and schools, knocked out power and prompted evacuations of ...

Residents in coastal towns in central and southern Philippines have been asked to evacuate A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Philippines, prompting tsunami warnings from ...