{"id":302656,"date":"2012-11-06T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=302656"},"modified":"2012-11-06T17:31:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T09:31:59","slug":"phivolcs-researcher-minor-quakes-may-indicate-stronger-quakes-to-come-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/302656\/phivolcs-researcher-minor-quakes-may-indicate-stronger-quakes-to-come-but","title":{"rendered":"Phivolcs researcher: Minor quakes may indicate stronger quakes to come but\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
MANILA, Philippines\u2014 Are minor earthquakes signs of stronger earthquakes to come?<\/p>\n
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs)\u00a0Science Researcher Dante Soneja says maybe, but he was quick to clarify that there isn\u2019t really a way by which scientists can predict earthquakes.<\/p>\n
In an interview Tuesday with Susan K and Den Macaranas of \u201cGood Morning Inquirer\u201d on Radio Inquirer 990AM, Soneja said:<\/p>\n
\u201cPero hindi masasabing magkakaroon ng malakas [na earthquake] kasi nagkaroon tayo ng sunod-sunod na mahihina,\u201d Soneja said, but added that it is only after a strong movement that we can conclude that the smaller tremors were, indeed, \u201cforeshocks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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