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    Current Issues Earthquakes in Mindanao

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    1) Mindanao, in the Philippines, experiences frequent earthquakes due to its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire and meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. 2) Some of the largest earthquakes to hit Mindanao include the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake measuring 8.3, and earthquakes in 1913, 1918, 1924, 1943, 1972, and 1976 measuring around 8.0 or higher. 3) In August 1976, a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Moro Gulf off Mindanao Island, causing a tsunami that killed around 8,000 people in coastal cities.

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    1) Mindanao, in the Philippines, experiences frequent earthquakes due to its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire and meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. 2) Some of the largest earthquakes to hit Mindanao include the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake measuring 8.3, and earthquakes in 1913, 1918, 1924, 1943, 1972, and 1976 measuring around 8.0 or higher. 3) In August 1976, a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Moro Gulf off Mindanao Island, causing a tsunami that killed around 8,000 people in coastal cities.

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    1) Mindanao, in the Philippines, experiences frequent earthquakes due to its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire and meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. 2) Some of the largest earthquakes to hit Mindanao include the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake measuring 8.3, and earthquakes in 1913, 1918, 1924, 1943, 1972, and 1976 measuring around 8.0 or higher. 3) In August 1976, a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Moro Gulf off Mindanao Island, causing a tsunami that killed around 8,000 people in coastal cities.

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    1) Mindanao, in the Philippines, experiences frequent earthquakes due to its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire and meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. 2) Some of the largest earthquakes to hit Mindanao include the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake measuring 8.3, and earthquakes in 1913, 1918, 1924, 1943, 1972, and 1976 measuring around 8.0 or higher. 3) In August 1976, a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Moro Gulf off Mindanao Island, causing a tsunami that killed around 8,000 people in coastal cities.

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    Ahmad Al Ryan A.

    Lauban MPA-1C

    Current Problems and Issues (PA 217) Dr. Carmelita B.

    Serrano

    Earthquakes in Mindanao

    What is Earthquake? Well, it is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground,

    sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or

    volcanic action. Earthquakes are usually caused when tectonic plate underground suddenly

    breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the seismic waves that make the

    ground shake. When two plates are rubbing against each other, they stick a little and when the

    two plates break, the earthquake occurs. I had experienced an earthquake in Legazpi City,

    Albay near the Mayon Volcano on May 2018 in which I had to take a photo of the beautiful

    volcano and suddenly the ground shakes. I am still confuse if that earthquake is due to

    tectonic plates or a volcanic action. The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, which

    causes the country to have frequent seismic and volcanic activity. Many earthquakes of

    smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the

    region. The largest was the 1918 Celebes Sea earthquake with magnitude 8.3. Six of the

    seven largest Philippine earthquakes since 1901 with magnitude almost Mw 8.0 or higher

    were in Mindanao: 1913, 1918, 1924, 1943, 1972, and 1976. These areas are near the

    Cotabato Trench and the southern portion of the Philippine Trench. On August 17, 1976, a

    powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Moro Gulf, which is off the coast of Mindanao

    Island and is part of the Celebes Sea. The tremors were particularly felt in Cotabato City and

    in the cities and towns surrounding the gulf. However, what made this incident particularly

    devastating was the tsunami it caused about 2 to 5 minutes after the earthquake. Among the
    cities that bore the brunt of the biggest waves, which reached as high as 9 meters, were

    Pagadian City, Cotabato City, Zamboanga City, and Lebak in Sultan Kudarat. Called by

    Phivolcs the “Largest tsunamigenic earthquake to have occurred in Mindanao in the last two

    decades,” the Moro Gulf earthquake killed about 8,000 people, including those missing and

    were never found. On December 15, 2019, a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked Davao

    del Sur, with its epicenter located off Padada town. At least 4 people have been reported dead

    from the tremor. Just two months before, in October 2019, the nearby province of Cotabato

    suffered from 3 succeeding strong earthquakes: the first with magnitude 6.6 on October 16,

    the second with magnitude 6.6 on October 29, and the latest, just two days after on October

    31, with magnitude 6.5. These consecutive quakes hit the area of Tulunan, a 2nd-class

    municipality in the province of Cotabato, and affected several nearby areas in Mindanao. The

    quakes killed at least 6 people, injured hundreds, and displaced over 8,000 residents. The

    most embarrassing moments I had experienced due to earthquake happened in Davao in

    which I was taking a bath in the condo room we rented on the 6 th floor and then suddenly the

    building shakes and I quickly put on my boxer brief and rash immediately to the ground floor

    using the fire exit and forgot to carry the bath towel I left on the shower room while being

    stared by many people who also evacuated to the open ground field.

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