Parts of northern Samar, Leyte hit by tremor | Inquirer News
SHALLOW 5.4-MAGNITUDE QUAKE

Parts of northern Samar, Leyte hit by tremor

By: - Correspondent / @joeygabietaINQ
/ 12:10 AM April 11, 2017

TACLOBAN CITY—A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Leyte and Northern Samar provinces on Monday morning, two days after Batangas province in Luzon was jolted by a strong tremor.

Myra Dolina of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) based in Palo town, Leyte, said the earthquake struck at 8:43 a.m. with the epicenter located in Mapanas, a coastal town in Northern Samar some 250 kilometers away from here.

A Phivolcs bulletin said the quake was felt at Intensity III in Palapag and Intensity II in Catarman, both in Northern Samar; and Intensity I in Palo and Tacloban City, both in Leyte.

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Dolina, in a telephone interview, said the quake, which she described as shallow, was not expected to cause any destruction.

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“And so far, we have not [recorded] any aftershocks,” Dolina said.

Teresa Minguev, municipal disaster risk reduction manager of Mapanas, said their monitoring showed the quake did not cause any damage.

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“It was just so quick that people did not even feel the earthquake,” she said.

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