2 minor quakes felt in Batangas

Two successive minor earthquakes hit Batangas province on Monday morning, October 13, 2025. INQUIRER FILES

LUCENA CITY—Two successive minor earthquakes hit Batangas province Monday morning.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported in its bulletin that a magnitude 2.9 tremor hit the island town of Tingloy at 10:35 a.m.

The epicenter of the tectonic tremor was located 8 kilometers southwest of the municipality at a depth of 5 km.

Earlier at 10:23 a.m., a magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck off the town of Calatagan.

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According to Phivolcs, the epicenter of the tectonic earthquake was located 19 km southwest of the town. It had a depth of 88 kilometers.

Batangas is among the most seismically active areas in the Philippines, primarily due to the presence of the Lubang Fault, which lies between Mindoro Island and Batangas.

The Philippines sits along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where tectonic plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity./coa/abc