5.2 quake jolts North Cotabato

MANILA, Philippines – A 5.2 magnitude earthquake jolted North Cotabato Monday morning, a report from Radyo Inquirer 990AM said.

The tectonic earthquake was recorded at 9:28 a.m. with the epicenter plotted seven kilometers northeast of Carmen, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

It had a depth of one kilometer.

Intensity V was felt in Carmen, North  Cotabato;  Intensity IV in Kabacan and Matalam;  Intensity III in Tagum City, Davao del Norte; and  Intensity II in Kidapawan City and Koronadal City.
Aftershocks were expected from the quake.

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