BREAKING NEWS! A 7.2 earthquake hit the Davao Occidental as per the announcement of PHIVOLCS.
BREAKING NEWS – Magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Davao Occidental registered at 4:23 a.m. of today.
According to the report made by the Manila Bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology or PHIVOLCS had announced an earthquake that hit the Davao with its epicenter found 53 kilometers Southwest of Sarangani.
The tectonic earthquake has a depth of 57 kilometers.
The following registered intensities were recorded as follows:
Intensity V
General Santos City; Koronadal City; Santa Maria, Jose Abad Santos, Don Marcelino, Balot Island, Davao Occidental; Polomolok, Tupi, South Cotabato; Alabel, Malapatan, Glan, Sarangani; Palimbag, Sultan Kudarat
Intensity IV
Davao City; Cotabato City; Zamboanga City
Intensity III
Cagayan De Oro City
Intensity II
Kidapawan City
Instrumental Intensities:
Intensity V
General Santos City
Intensity IV
Zamboanga City
Intensity III
Cotabato City
As mentioned in the report, no damages were listed yet accordingly to the statement of Harry Camoro of Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO).
He even added that there were no effects with regard to the electrical powers and dissemination of information about the event was actually through the the social media.
Aftershocks were registered and the strongest among is with a magnitude of 4.1 was even listed 4:54 a.m. with the epicenter plotted 64 km away southwest of Sarangani along 27 kilometers depth and PHIVOLCS said that they were expecting more after that.
However it was reported in the Inquirer Net that a tsunami warning was lifted as of 7:30 a.m. of this morning.
