Magnitude 7.2 Bohol earthquake strongest to hit Visayas and Mindanao in over 20 years The movement of the East Bohol fault triggered the tremor, which occurred at 8:12 a.m. with its epicenter located two kilometers southeast of the town of Carmen in Bohol. It occurred 33 kilometers below the surface of the earth. Magnitude is a measure of the energy released by the earthquake while intensity measures the effects of an earthquake on objects or the environment as felt or perceived by humans. newsinfo.inquirer.net
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:03:23 +0000
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