Magnitude 5.4 quake hits Gen. Santos City, Koronadal City
Local News • 01:58 AM Sun Aug 7, 2016
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By:
Edwin Fernandez
KORONADAL CITY
(Aug. 6) – A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit Gen. Santos City and South Cotabato
Saturday but state volcanologists reported no casualties or damages to
properties.
In a statement sent to DXOM-AM Radyo Bida, the Philippine
Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake which came at
5:08 p.m. was tectonic in origin and traced 15 kilometers east of Gen. Santos
City and a depth of 24 kilometers.
Intensity IV - Alabel andamp Malungon, Sarangani General Santos CityIntensity III - Polomolok, South CotabatoInstrumental IntensitiesandIntensity IV - General Santos CityIntensity II - Kidapawan City Nakibot ko ba ari ko sa mall, daw gadagundong, Ferdie Espanola, a resident told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida. I felt dizzy, I quickly sit down, people in the mall panicked, he added.
Phivolcs expects
aftershocks. (Edwin O. Fernandez)