Breaking News! A strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits Eastern Samar on August 31 at 8:47 p.m. Friday.
Expanding Regional Tsunami Warnin from PTWC.
For Earthquake inquiries contact Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology PHIVOLCS @www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph or @9263225,4261468.
Meanwhile, the US' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a tsunami warning for Indonesia and the Philippines immediately after the earthquake.
The Philippine Sea plate is bordered by the larger Pacific and Eurasia plates and the smaller Sunda plate. The Philippine Sea plate is unusual in that its borders are nearly all zones of plate convergence. The Pacific plate is subducted into the mantle, south of Japan, beneath the Izu-Bonin and Mariana island arcs, which extend more than 3,000 km along the eastern margin of the Philippine Sea plate.
UPDATE: The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has lifted the TSunami Alert as of 12:10 am, Saturday, an earlier announced Tsunami Warning 3 over some provinces after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake was detected off Eastern Samar 8:47 pm Friday.
Expanding Regional Tsunami Warnin from PTWC.
For Earthquake inquiries contact Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology PHIVOLCS @www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph or @9263225,4261468.
Meanwhile, the US' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a tsunami warning for Indonesia and the Philippines immediately after the earthquake.
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 1255Z 31 AUG 2012.
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
image credit:PTWC
- Intensity 7: Guian, Oras, Sulat, Borongan City in Eastern Samar
- Intensity 6: Siargao, Surigao del Norte; Tacloban; Palo, Leyte; St. Bernard, S. Leyte
- Intensity 5: Mati City; Compostela; Legaspi City; Iloilo City; Bislig City; Iligan City
- Intensity 4: Butuan City; Catbalogan City; Cagayan de Oro City
- Intensity 3: Cotabato City; Mambajao, Camiguin; General Santos City
- Intensity 2: Marawi City; Sipalay City
The Philippine Sea plate is bordered by the larger Pacific and Eurasia plates and the smaller Sunda plate. The Philippine Sea plate is unusual in that its borders are nearly all zones of plate convergence. The Pacific plate is subducted into the mantle, south of Japan, beneath the Izu-Bonin and Mariana island arcs, which extend more than 3,000 km along the eastern margin of the Philippine Sea plate.
UPDATE: The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has lifted the TSunami Alert as of 12:10 am, Saturday, an earlier announced Tsunami Warning 3 over some provinces after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake was detected off Eastern Samar 8:47 pm Friday.
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