Dolphins that beached off Bataan doomed -- researcher.
The pod of dolphins that beached in Manila Bay last Tuesday have suffered injuries from a series of undersea earthquakes from which the cetaceans are not likely to recover, and they will likely not survive another week at sea, according to a marine mammal reasercher who has predicted similar...

Powerful quakes rock Indonesia; 4 killed, many injured.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A series of powerful earthquakes at dawn Sunday killed at least four people and injured dozens more in remote eastern Indonesia, cutting power lines and destroying buildings. One of the quakes -- a 7.3-magnitude tremor -- sent small tsunamis into Japan's southeastern coast,...

VISAYAS NEWSBITS.
Magnitude 3.6 quake jolts Aklan KALIBO, Aklan - A mild earthquake jolted Aklan on Wednesday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) station here reported. Engineer Arlo Sabar of Phivolcs said the earthquake was recorded at 8:12 p.m. with a magnitude 3.6 in the Richter...

Shelving company creates earthquake-resistant line.
Byline: Shelby Martin The Register-Guard If the product you sell comes in glass bottles, the threat of a major earthquake might keep you awake at night. Indeed, after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, wine retailers and grocery stores clerks found their floors turned...

MINDANAO NEWSBITS.
Earthquake jolts Surigao del Sur BUTUAN CITY -- Residents of Surigao del Sur panicked Wednesday night when a 4.7 Intensity earthquake jolted the province, the disaster council reported. However, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Northeastern Mindanao said there was no report of damage or death...

2 Filipinos killed in wildfires in Australia - DFA.
Two Filipino-Australians were among the more than 170 people killed in the deadly wildfires in Australia, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday. The names of the two fatalities were withheld but Philippine consulate officials in Victoria, Australia said the two were siblings aged 24 and...

450 aftershocks from 2 earthquakes recorded.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has recorded 450 aftershocks from the two earthquakes that originated in Occidental Mindoro and jolted Southern Luzon and Metro Manila last Saturday.Phivolcs Director Dr. Renato Solidum Jr. said as of 10 a.m. yesterday, about 450 aftershocks, two of which were felt...

Asia rattled by two strong earthquakes.
The more powerful of the quakes, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, hit at 9:21 a.m. (0021 GMT) off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido at a depth of about 20 kilometers, the country's meteorological agency said. A 4-inch (10-centimeter) tsunami rippled to shore 35 minutes later,...

Students will erupt with excitement over new book.
Imagine recreating a tsunami's force in a bathtub or exploring the potential of geothermal energy by using steam from a kettle to illuminate a light bulb. These types of activities and more are offered in Matthew Levy and Mario Salvadori's collection of experiments and demonstrations in Earthquakes, Volcanoes and...

2 quakes rattle Metro Manila in just 5 minutes.
Two strong earthquakes rocked Metro Manila and nearby provinces nearly simultaneously yesterday, but no damage or tsunami (giant tidal wave) alerts were reported, a senior seismologist said.Renato Solidum, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said a "moderately strong" tremor struck at 11:04 a.m. (03:04 GMT)...