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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes Samar island in central Philippines

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake shakes Samar island in central Philippines

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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Samar Island in the central Philippines on Monday afternoon at around 2:09 pm local time (0609 GMT), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor occurred at a depth of approximately 73.3 kilometres, with its epicentre located about nine kilometres from the coastal town of San Julian in […]

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Powerful 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

Powerful 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula

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Moscow, Sept 13: In the quiet early hours of Saturday, a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook the earth near the eastern coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, according to data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake’s epicenter was located about 111.7 kilometers east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a major city in the region. It struck […]

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