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Magnitude 4.7 rattles Zamboanga del Sur

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.7 shook the province of Zamboanga del Sur Wednesday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

The tremor happened around 12:37 p.m. some 12 kilometers (kms) southeast of San Pablo town, also in the same province, Phivolcs said.

Tectonic in origin, the quake has a depth of focus of 6 kms, the agency said in its earthquake information issued at 1:44 p.m.

It said that Intensity 4 waa felt by residents in San Pablo, Tabina, and Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur and Intensity 3 in Salug, Zamboanga del Norte.

Intensity 2 was felt in Leon Postigo, Zamboanga del Sur; Buug, Imelda, and Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay; and Tubod, Lanao del Norte. Intensity 1 was recorded in Zamboanga City; Sergio Osmeña, Siocon, Tampilisan, Sibuco, and Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte; and Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay.

Instrumental Intensity 3 was recorded in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur; and Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte; Intensity 2 in Zamboanga City and

Intensity 1 in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte.

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Both damage to property and aftershocks are unlikely from the latest Zamboanga del Sur quake, Phivolcs said.

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