Earthquake sways Davao Occidental
Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:26:24 +0000
MALITA, DAVAO OCCIDENTAL—An earthquake jolted this province thrice on Tuesday, January 29.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the first quake, of a magnitude of 3.7 hit the eastern part of Sarangani, Davao Occidental at 1:24 a.m.
The earthquake, tectonic in origin, had a depth of 216 kilometers.
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Philvocs said a second 3.4 magnitude earthquake followed at 2 a.m. on the eastern part of Sarangani.
It was tectonic in origin and registered a depth of 142 kilometers.
The last earthquake of magnitude 3.4 occurred at 5:48 a.m. west of Sarangani.
Philvocs said no damage was reported and no aftershocks were expected. Orlando B. Dinoy /lzb