2 mild quakes sway 2 Leyte provinces

TACLOBAN CITY – Two mild earthquakes rattled the provinces of Leyte and Southern Leyte on Tuesday afternoon.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) monitored a 2-magnitude quake felt in Southern Leyte with the epicenter in San Francisco town at 12:43 p.m.

Another quake occurred at 3:24 p.m. with the epicenter located in San Isidro town in Leyte with a magnitude of 3.0.

Both quakes were tectonic in origin.

No damage and aftershocks were reported. /lzb

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