6.1 earthquake shakes parts of South | Inquirer News

6.1 earthquake shakes parts of South

/ 12:25 AM September 05, 2016

AN EARTHQUAKE of 6.1 magnitude struck Mindanao on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

No damage was reported from the quake that struck at 10:30 a.m. but people in areas near the epicenter in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur, panicked.

The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers 12 km northwest of Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and no tsunami warning.

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“I was inside my room when the shaking started, lasting almost a  minute. I felt dizzy so I rushed outside,” Richard Grande, a radio broadcaster in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, said.

It was felt at Intensity 6 in Talacogon; Intensity 4 in the cities of Butuan, Tagum and Bislig, and Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur; Intensity 3 in Gingoog, Balingwan and Balingasag in Misamis Oriental and Davao  City; Intensity 2 in  Cagayan de Oro City, and Intensity 1 in Kidapawan City. Frinston Lim and Germelina Lacorte, Inquirer Mindanao; wires

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