Magnitude 4 earthquake strikes Davao Occidental town

Magnitude 4 earthquake strikes Davao Occidental town

/ 04:00 PM November 06, 2024

Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes Davao Occidental town

A magnitude 4 earthquake hits Balut Island in Davao Occidental on Nov. 6, 2024. Phivolcs said. (Photo from Phivolcs/Facebook)

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4 earthquake struck a Davao Occidental town on Wednesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

In a bulletin, Phivolcs said the earthquake was located east of Balut Island and occurred at 1:50 p.m.

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The tremor was tectonic in origin and had a shallow depth of 16 kilometers.

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Phivolcs said that no damages and aftershocks were expected.

No available data on reported intensities have been made available as of this writing.

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