3 minor earthquakes logged in 2 Quezon island towns
Magnitude 3.9 tremor with a 10-kilometer depth in Burdeos at 2:32 p.m. | PHOTO: Offcial facebook page of PHIVOLCS-DOST
LUCENA CITY — Three minor earthquakes were recorded on Monday inPatnanungan and Burdeos towns in Quezon province.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported that they recorded a magnitude 3.9 tremor with a 10-kilometer depth in Burdeos at 2:32 p.m.
Earlier, Phivolcs detected a magnitude 3.3 tremor at 1:42 p.m. on the same island town.
Patnanungan, another island municipality, experienced a magnitude 2.1 tremor at 2:21 p.m. with a 17 km depth.
The quakes were of tectonic origin caused by sudden movement along faults and plate boundaries.
Phivolcs said they did not expect the quakes to cause damage or aftershocks.
Burdeos, Polillo, and Panukulan are part of Polillo Island off Lamon Bay that faces the Pacific Ocean in northern Quezon.
Patnanungan is another island municipality in the Polillo group of islands.
The Philippines sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where continental plates collide, causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity. INQ
