Cagayan hit by magnitude 4.4 quake

A map released by Phivolcs on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, shows that epicenter of a magnitude 4.4 earthquake that struck the seas off Cagayan at 2:50 a.m. earlier in the day. PHIVOLCS IMAGE

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Cagayan on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvocs) said.

A bulletin posted by Phivolcs at 4 a.m. showed that the earthquake struck west of Calayan island at 2:50 a.m.

The quake’s origin was tectonic and had a depth of 6 kilometers.

Philvocs recorded intensity I at Pasuquin, Ilocos.

No expected damage and aftershocks were issued. /cbb

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