Recent Earthquakes in the Philippines

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit Luzon at 5:11 pm, Monday

of April 22.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
(Phivolcs) informed that its epicenter was in Castillejos Zambales.
Manila City was one of the cities that experienced intensity V
(Rappler.com, 2019). Central Luzon region experienced damage
and casualties due to it being the most seismically active area in
the Philippines with the presence of Philippine fault, Iba fault, East
Zambales fault, and the Manila Trench, as PHIVOLCS stated
("Philippines: Northern Philippines earthquake - Flash Update No.
1 (23 April 2019) - Philippines", 2019).
According to Phivolcs, the earthquake was a minor one
despite causing damage to several parts of Luzon (philstar.com,
2019). Science Undersecretary and Phivolcs director Renato
Solidum Jr. says (Flores, 2019):
“Blind active faults are active faults which have not
pierced through the ground surface. They are „blind‟
faults because although they may have moved in the
past, the magnitudes these faults generated were not
enough to break into the ground surface.”

Miccationem G. Ruiz STE10-Zeus

Sources/Bibliography:
• Flores, H. (2019, April 28). Philippines has hidden
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• Philippines: Northern Philippines earthquake –

Flash Update No. 1 (23 April 2019) -
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7, 2019, from
https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/philippin
es-northern-philippines-earthquake-flash-
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• Philstar.com. (2019, April 22). 'Not a major

earthquake,' Phivolcs assures public.
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• Rappler.com. (2019, April 22). Magnitude 6.1

earthquake rocks Luzon. Retrieved
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https://www.rappler.com/nation/228718-
earthquake-april-22-2019