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5.7 magnitude quake jolts Davao

MANILA, May 9 (PNA) – A magnitude-5.7 earthquake jolted the province of Davao Occidental on Friday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its bulletin, the agency said the tremor occurred at 1:44 p.m. with its epicenter traced 31 kilometers southeast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental. Phivolcs said the temblor, which was tectonic in origin, had a shallow depth of 113 kilometers. The agency said that Davao City and Mati City […]