Earthquakes shake Albuera, Leyte

TACLOBAN CITY––A series of earthquakes struck Wednesday the town of Albuera in Leyte.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it traced the first quake in Albuera at 6:11 a.m. with a magnitude of 2.1 and a depth of 011 kilometers.

This was followed at 6:12 a.m. by a 4.0 magnitude earthquake, which had a depth of 002 kilometers.

The quake was felt in Abuyog and Dulag towns and in the city of Baybay, all in Leyte, at Intensity 3; in Palo and Hilongos, both in Leyte at Intensity 2; and in Sogod, Southern Leyte at Intensity 1.

Another quake was felt in Albuera at6:15 a.m. with a magnitude of 3.7 and a depth of 033 kilometers.

The last tremor took place at 6:18 a.m. It had a depth of 002 kilometers and a magnitude of 2.2.

The Phivolcs said it had not monitored any damage.

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