2 quakes felt in Southern Leyte

Minor earthquakes were felt in Southern Leyte province on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

The first jolt had an epicenter in Silago town at 9:19 a.m.

The tremor had a magnitude of 3.

At 9:25 a.m., another quake was reported, this time, in Sogod town with a magnitude of 3.

Both earth movements were of tectonic in origin.

The Phivolcs said they didn’t expect any damage or aftershocks in the two earthquakes./lzb