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) ...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the shore of Manay, Davao Oriental, at 7:12 p.m. on Friday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said. LIVE UPDATES: Davao ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck La Union on Thursday morning, with tremors felt in parts of northern Luzon, Phivolcs said. Phivolcs initially measured the tremor at magnitude 4 ...

MANILA, Philippines — A powerful earthquake struck Cebu last night, sending residents rushing out of their homes, damaging heritage churches and prompting the evacuation of a hospital in Cebu City.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Bogo City in Cebu on Tuesday evening. The earthquake occurred at 9:59 p.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Cebu on Tuesday night, killing at least 61 people, damaging heritage churches and other structures, and knocking out power in parts of the ...

MANILA: A 6.9-magnitude quake struck off the coast of central Philippines on Tuesday evening (Sep 30), the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The local ...

Extensive damage, hundreds of aftershocks reported in Central Visayas region The magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck on Tuesday night damaged the Archdiocesan Shrine of Sta. Rosa de Lima in Cebu, in ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded a tectonic earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 shaking the southern region of West Java from Sukabumi to Garut on ...