Early morning quake hits Zamboanga City
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A mild earthquake struck this city 6:43 a.m. Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
Engineer Rommel Allan Labayog, officer-in-charge of Phivolcs Zamboanga district, said the origin of the quake, which measured magnitude 4.4 and lasted for about five seconds, was traced 52 kilometers northwest of this city.
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“Its tectonic and was traced to the Sulu trench,” Labayog said, adding that it had a depth of 121 kilometers.
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No damage was expected, he said.
Sunday’s quake was the second tremor to jolt this city this month.
On July 16, a magnitude 3.8 tectonic quake occurring off Zamboanga del Sur also shook this city at Intensity II.
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