View List Of Earthquakes In The Philippines Background. Earthquake generators of the philippines. The philippines lies along the pacific ring of fire, which causes the country to have frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

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An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the richter scale has hit the philippines, in the batangas province, south of manila. Find philippines earthquake latest news, videos & pictures on philippines earthquake and see latest updates, news, information from ndtv.com. For information about our use of cookies and our partners who use cookies on our site, please see our privacy policy and partner list , respectively.

The philippines lies along the pacific ring of fire, which causes the country to have frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

The philippine archipelago was formed as a result of the collision of the eurasian plate on the west and the pacific plates in the east, which subsequently also over millions of years, the island arc of the philippines emerged from the ocean as a result of these tectonic collisions and volcanic activity. List of typhoon in the philippines in 2009 from january to december. The epicenter of the quake was located in balilihan town of bohol. The earthquake also triggered a tsunami with further victims and destructions.