A magnitude-3.2 quake rocked Masbate province before dawn Thursday while two mild quakes hit Southern Leyte province Wednesday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it has not received reports of casualties or damage caused by the three quakes.
In a report on its website (phivolcs.dost.gov.ph), Phivolcs said the Masbate quake occurred at 1:54 a.m., and was traced eight kms northeast of Masbate, Masbate. Phivolcs said the quake was tectonic in origin, and measured at magnitude 3.2. It was felt at Intensity IV in Masbate, Masbate, but no damage was reported.
It followed a magnitude-4 quake that rocked Masbate province shortly before midnight Tuesday, but Phivolcs said there was no damage or casualty reported in that quake. Meanwhile, Phivolcs recorded the first quake that hit Southern Leyte at 8 p.m., and traced the epicenter to 44 kms northeast of Maasin, Southern Leyte.
It said the quake measured at magnitude 2.4 and was felt at Intensity III in St. Bernard, Southern Leyte, the site of a deadly mudslide that killed thousands last year.
A second quake there was recorded at 8:33 p.m., with the epicenter 11 kms northeast of Maasin. The quake measured at magnitude 2.2 and was felt at Intensity II in St. Bernard. - GMANews.TV