DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 4, 2012) – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook Surigao del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
It said the quake was tectonic in origin and about 138 kilometers deep near Burgos town. There were no reports of injuries.
The quake was felt at around 1.24 p.m. barely an hour after a magnitude 5.2 jolted Davao del Sur’s Don Marcelino town. There were also no reports of injuries or damage to small buildings.
The quake was traced about 117 kilometers beneath the earth, about 47 kilometers in the town’s southeast district. Several tremors were also reported prior to the quake.
A powerful earthquake on Saturday also shook Surigao del Sur province. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered magnitude 6.1 and was traced about 87 kilometers from Butuan City. But a separate bulletin released by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it recorded the earthquake at magnitude 6.5.
The earthquake did not trigger a tsunami warning, although it was one of the series shaking reported in the area and nearby province of Surigao del Norte.
The Philippines sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a 40,000-kilometer area where large number of earthquakes, tremors and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. It has more than 400 volcanoes and sometimes called the circum-Pacific seismic belt. (Mindanao Examiner)
The earthquake did not trigger a tsunami warning, although it was one of the series shaking reported in the area and nearby province of Surigao del Norte.
The Philippines sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a 40,000-kilometer area where large number of earthquakes, tremors and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. It has more than 400 volcanoes and sometimes called the circum-Pacific seismic belt. (Mindanao Examiner)
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