Aftershock disrupts work in gov’t offices in Iloilo

ILOILO CITY, Philippines – The operations of government offices here, including the courts, were disrupted Wednesday morning after a moderately strong aftershock sent employees out of buildings.

The 5.2 magnitude aftershock around 8:41 a.m. rattled employees at the Metro Iloilo Water District, six-story Iloilo provincial capitol and three-story Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice in Iloilo City.

The employees went out of the buildings and gathered outside the ground floor for around 15 minutes. Some complained of dizziness.

A Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology bulletin placed the epicenter of the earthquake 11 kilometers north of Guihulngan in Negros Oriental, among the areas hit hardest by Monday’s 6.9-magnitude earthquake.
Wednesday’s tremor was felt at Intensity 4 in Guihulngan and Intensity 3 in Tanjay, Negros Oriental, and the cities of Iloilo and Kanlaon. Dumaguete and La Carlota Cities in Negros Occidental and the towns of Loboc and Sikatuna in Bohol experienced tremors at Intensity 2.