5.2 magnitude quake hits Agusan del Sur

(Photo courtesy Phivolcs)

 

(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.2 quake hit Agusan del Sur on Saturday morning (July 9), according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

The quake was felt at intensity 5 in Butuan City, and in Talacogon in Agusan del Sur; intensity 4 in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental; intensity 3 in Cagayan de Oro City; and intensity 2 in Malaybalay City and Valencia in Bukidnon.

The quake was of tectonic origin.

Phivolcs said it was expecting aftershocks but that no damage due to the quake that hit an area nine kilometers northwest of Talacogon, Agusan del Sur.  The quake struck the area at 7:16 a.m. Saturday

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