The collapsed structure along Pendatun Avenue, in front of Plaza General in General Santos City, stands as one of the most haunting reminders of the powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Southern Mindanao on Monday, June 8. (INQUIRER / Marc Cosep)
MANILA, Philippines — A total of 8,381 aftershocks have been recorded since the magnitude 7.8 offshore earthquake that struck Maasim, Sarangani in Mindanao last June 8, state seismologists said Friday.
In an update issued at 5 a.m. on Friday, June 19, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said 2,040 of the aftershocks had been plotted, while 90 were reported as felt.
Phivolcs said the aftershocks ranged in magnitude from 1.2 to 6.4.
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