Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits Dinagat Islands

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MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit the Dinagat Islands on Tuesday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Phivolcs recorded the earthquake at 10:27 p.m., pinning the epicenter 25 kilometers northeast of Basilisa, Dinagat Islands.

State seismologists said that the tectonic earthquake’s depth was 18 kilometers.

Phivolcs reported the Intensity 1 in Borongan City in Eastern Samar and Surigao City in Surigao Del Norte

Aftershocks and damages are not expected.

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