[ANALYSIS] June 15's magnitude 6.3 deep-focus Calatagan earthquake
Two earthquakes of the same magnitude can cause varying degrees of damage to infrastructure. A deep focal source is expected to inflict less damage than a shallow one.
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Two earthquakes of the same magnitude can cause varying degrees of damage to infrastructure. A deep focal source is expected to inflict less damage than a shallow one.
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Is this an unusually productive aftershock sequence, or could these quakes prove to be foreshocks of a larger event that has yet to strike?
A magnitude-5.8 earthquake that occurred off the coast of Batangas in southern Luzon, Philippines, only three weeks after a magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck the same region, is a reminder of the local vulnerability to earthquake hazards.