Philippines Continues to Experience Aftershocks! Largest Recorded at 6.6 Magnitude
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) data pointed out that the southern waters of the Philippines at 6:35 p.m. on the evening of the 3rd, the size of the 6.6 earthquake occurred again at a depth of 56 kilometers, the epicenter of the quake is quite close to the location of the strong earthquake on the 2nd, the Meteorological Department has not been issued tsunami warnings against the earthquake, which is one of a series of strong aftershocks of the size of the earthquake occurred last night, after the magnitude of the 7.6 quake.
Since the 7.6 earthquake struck Mindanao Island in the Philippines on the night of February 2, more than 600 aftershocks have been recorded, and according to the Central Weather Bureau of the Philippines, there have been five aftershocks with a magnitude of more than 6. The most recent one occurred at 6:35 p.m. on the night of March 3, with its epicenter at 8 degrees north latitude and 126 degrees east longitude off the coast of Bislig, Mindanao Island, and at a depth of 56.2 kilometers; Shortly after this earthquake, another one occurred off Bislig at 6:58 p.m., with a Richter scale of 5.5 and a depth of 43.7 kilometers.
The Philippine Seismological Authority (PSA) said that it was the aftershock of a 7.6 shallow-source earthquake in the country on the evening of the 2nd, the authorities issued a tsunami warning, which has resulted in at least two deaths and several injuries, and the tsunami warning has been lifted.
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