MANILA — A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck offshore in the southern Philippines early Friday, triggering tsunami warnings across the region and prompting residents in coastal areas to flee to higher ground. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the quake struck off the coast of Manay town in Davao Oriental, at a […]
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Scientists predict deadliest earthquakes in 2018
LAHORE: Scientists who found variations in the speed of the Earth’s rotation have predicted that there will be a significant increase in the occurrence of potentially deadliest earthquakes in 2018. The researchers said that although fluctuations in the rotation are small and may only change the length of a day by one millisecond, they could lead to […]