4.2-magnitude quake jolts Cotabato hours after strong quake

MANILA, Philippines — A mild quake, measuring at magnitude 4.2, jolted Cotabato anew hours after a powerful temblor hit the province on Thursday morning.

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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake hit 23 kilometers (km) northeast of Tulunan, Cotabato, at 1:59 p.m.

An Instrumental Intensity I was felt in Koronadal City; Tupi, South Cotabato; and Malungon, Sarangani.

Phivolcs said the quake was tectonic in origin and was 25 km deep.

No aftershock or damage could be expected from the temblor, it added. /je