3.4-magnitude quake rocks South Cotabato

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake jolted South Cotabato on Wednesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Phivolcs said in a bulletin that the tremblor hit 12 kilometers (km) southwest of Polomolok at 7:27 a.m.

It was felt at Intensity III in Polomolok and Tupi in South Cotabato, and at Intensity II in General Santos City.

An Instrumental Intensity I was recorded in Alabel, Sarangani.

The tremblor, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of 4 km.

Phivolcs said that no aftershocks or damage was expected from the earthquake. /cbb

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