3 quakes rock Masbate | Inquirer News

3 quakes rock Masbate

By: - Correspondent / @msarguellesINQ
/ 11:16 AM November 19, 2020

LEGAZPI CITY –– Three successive quakes jolted Masbate province on Thursday morning, with a 4.4-magnitude quake as the highest recorded by a seismic instrument, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

A Phivolcs bulletin said they recorded a 4.4-magnitude quake 15 kilometers north of Dimasalang town at 3:56 a.m.

It was followed by a 3-magnitude tremor at 5:15 a.m., some four kilometers from Batuan town.

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The third quake was recorded at 2.9 magnitude some seven kilometers north of Palanas town.

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The agency said the quakes were tectonic in origin with depths ranging from 18 to 27 kilometers.

No damage was reported.

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