newspaper archive.Express. Philippines'  ABS-CBN news outlet tweeted: "A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental, 9.28 PM, Sunday." But judging from evacuations during previous typhoons, he conceded that “enforcing that would be a challenge.”.Weather officials said the storm gathered force on Thursday, making landfall in San Policarpo, a city of more than 14,000 people in northeastern Samar Island.“Along with large swells, this storm surge may cause potentially life-threatening coastal inundation,” Pagasa, the weather agency, said in an advisory.The Philippines sits in a typhoon belt, and at least 20 storms — some of them deadly — typically ravage the country every year.In 2013, more than 6,000 people were killed when Super Typhoon Haiyan caused widespread devastation, mostly in the central city of Tacloban, which was inundated by massive tidal swells.The name of the storm, Vongfong, is derived from the term for wasp in Cantonese.Typhoon Vongfong Makes Landfall in the Philippines.Uprooted trees in Eastern Samar Province in the central Philippines on Thursday, as Typhoon Vongfong battered the country.Alren Beronio/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.A satellite image showing Typhoon Vongfong in the western Pacific Ocean heading toward the Philippines on Wednesday.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/EPA, via Shutterstock. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says there's no tsunami threat to Hawaii after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake happened near Mindanao in the Philippines. Please see our.The quake struck at 9.28pm local time, according to earthquake tracker EMSC-CSEM. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.Philippines earthquake: Powerful 5.2 magnitude quake rocks Mindanao,Philippines rocked by MONSTER 6.4 earthquake as ring of fire explodes,Philippines earthquake: Gigantic 6.8 quake rocks Samar province,Yellowstone volcano: Swarm of 100 earthquakes rocks Yellowstone area.Crete earthquake: Greek holiday island struck by devastating 5.9 ma...Los Angeles earthquake: Panic as HUGE 4.6 magnitude quake hits. when it hit Samar Island in the eastern Philippines at 12:15 p.m., according to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. Thousands were evacuated on Samar Island on Thursday amid widespread power outages, officials said, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.Forecasters predicted that the storm could dump torrential rains by Saturday across a wide area of the Philippines, including possibly Luzon, the country’s largest island, which has a population of 60 million and includes the capital, Manila.Much of Luzon remains on lockdown because of the coronavirus epidemic, which could complicate emergency efforts should the storm strike the island with particular force.“Definitely this is going to add to our emergency situation,” said Harry Roque, a spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte. “While the areas expected to be hit by the typhoon are not heavily ravaged by Covid-19, we have set some guidelines.”,He said families taken to evacuation areas would have to observe strict social distancing guidelines. May 13, 2020. ".A third person also simply said there was "prolonged shaking".The earthquake struck at a depth of 182km.It was also located 42km from the Davao region and 24km from Digos.It is not known if there is any structural damage.See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, Latest news About Tsunami Today in Japan:Japan tsunami earthquake warning A Japanese government panel on Tuesday warned of a massive tsunami and mega earthquake.

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