Magnitude-4.8 quake hits Occidental Mindoro

phivolcs.dost.gov.ph

MANILA, Philippines—A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro at 1:18 a.m. Tuesday, according to a bulletin issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Phivolcs said the tremor was of tectonic origin.

It said no damage was expected.

No aftershocks were also expected.

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