Magnitude 6.0 quake jolts Dalupiri Island in Cagayan

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolted Dalupiri Island in Cagayan on Friday morning, state seismologists reported.

The tremor, which was tectonic in origin, struck at 2:40 a.m. some 27 kilometers east of Dalupiri Island in Calayan, Cagayan,  according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Phivolcs added that the earthquake had a depth of 27 kilometers and that aftershocks are expected.

The earthquake was measured at Intensity V in Aparri and Calayan, Cagayan and Flora, Apayao; Intensity IV in Peñablanca and Tuguegarao City, Cagayan and Intensity III in Vigan City and Sinait, Ilocos Sur.

Meanwhile, instrumental intensities were reported in the following areas:

Intensity V – Claveria, Cagayan

Intensity IV – Laoag City and Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte; Gonzaga and Penablanca, Cagayan

Intensity III – Vigan City and Sinait, Ilocos Sur; Ilagan, Isabela

Intensity II – Tabuk, Kalinga

Intensity I – Baler, Aurora; Santiago City, Isabela; Dagupan City, Pangasinan

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