Refocusing Perspectives

  A powerful magnitude 6.9 #earthquake (downgraded to 6.7) struck off the coast of Cebu Province on September 30, 2025 (Tuesday) at 9:59 PM, causing widespread damage, power outages, and at least 72 persons were confirmed fatalities and 1,166 were injured based on reports and the Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO). The tremor, which was strongly felt across Cebu, Leyte, Biliran, and other parts of Central Visayas, prompted the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) to issue a tsunami advisory for coastal areas, warning of possible sea-level disturbances of up to one meter. The epicenter was located at 11.09°N, 124.13°E - 017 km N 73° E of City Of Bogo (Cebu). The quake was initially reported as a magnitude 6.7 before being upgraded to 6.9 on September 30 at 9:59 PM. It had a depth of 5 km and was tectonic in origin. Intensity V was experienced in Argao, Cebu; City of Sipalay, Negros Occidental, City of Lapu-Lapu, Tacloban C...

  Series of recorded earthquakes from the eastern part of Manay, Davao Oriental .  Source: HazardHunterPh - Screenphoto around 8:30pm | October 15, 2025 A powerful undersea earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Oriental in the southern Philippines on Friday morning, prompting urgent tsunami warnings and mass evacuations across several coastal provinces. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that the earthquake, which initially registered a magnitude of 7.6, was later downgraded to magnitude 7.4. The tremor was recorded at 9:43 a.m. on October 10, 2025 and occurred approximately 62 kilometers southeast of the town of Manay, Davao Oriental, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers. Series of aftershocks earthquakes are still felt across Mindanao, the largest so far was the M6.9 with an epicenter from the same east coast of Man-ay, Davao Oriental. It was later considered as a doublet earthquake-- occurs "when two or more main shocks of similar...