2 mild quakes sway Southern Leyte, Eastern Samar | Inquirer News

2 mild quakes sway Southern Leyte, Eastern Samar

/ 05:10 PM January 31, 2020

TACLOBAN CITY –– Two separate mild quakes were felt in Southern Leyte and Eastern Samar on Friday, January 31.

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No damage was reported.

The first tremor was felt in Maasin City in Southern Leyte at 2:37 p.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

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The tremor had a magnitude of 2.3 and a depth of 031 km.

Another jolt was felt in Guiuan town, Eastern Samar at 3:16 p.m.

The tremor had a magnitude of 2.9 with a depth of 041 km.

Both quakes were of tectonic in origin, the Phivolcs said./lzb

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