Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits Camarines Norte | Inquirer News

Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits Camarines Norte

By: - Reporter / @JMangaluzINQ
/ 10:33 PM February 07, 2023

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UPDATED MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake hit Camarines Norte on Tuesday night, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

The earthquake was initially reported by state seismologists as magnitude 5.1, but was revised to 4.6  in a bulletin at 11:19 p.m. on the same day.

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The quake happened at 9:46 p.m., its epicenter at 10 kilometers northeast of Tinaga Island, in Vinzons town in Camarines Norte.

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Intensity IV was felt in Daet, Mercedes, Talisay, and Vinzons, Camarines Norte. This is classified by Phivolcs as “moderately strong” and “felt generally by people indoors and by some people outdoors.”

Phivolcs reported the following Intensities:

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  • Intensity IV – Daet, Mercedes, Talisay, and Vinzons, Camarines Norte

  • Intensity III – Jose Panganiban, Labo, and Paracale, Camarines Norte

  • Intensity II – Nabua, Camarines Sur

  • Intensity I – City of Sorsogon, Sorsogon

Instrumental Intensities:

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  • Intensity V – Mercedes, Camarines Norte

  • Intensity IV – Daet, Camarines Norte

  • Intensity III – Ragay, Camarines Sur

  • Intensity II – Guinayangan, and Polillo, Quezon; City of Tabaco, Albay; City of Iriga, Camarines Sur

  • Intensity I – Gumaca, Lopez, Mauban, and Mulanay, Quezon; City of Legazpi, Albay

No damage or aftershocks are expected, said Phivolcs.

The tectonic earthquake’s depth of focus was 1 kilometer.

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