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Magnitude 5.0 quake jolts Dinagat Islands

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolted Dinagat Island on Sunday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.

Phivolcs said the epicenter of the temblor, which occurred at 11:43 p.m. on Sunday, was located nine kilometers north of Libjo town in Dinagat Islands.

State seismologists said the quake was tectonic in origin and with a depth of focus of 104 kilometers.

Intensity 4 was felt in Libjo, Loreto and Tubajon towns in Dinagat Islands. Intensity 3 was recorded also in the islands’ Basilisa and San Jose towns.

Phivolcs recorded Intensity 2 in Dinagat Islands’ Cagdianao and Dinagat towns and in Surigao del Norte’s Claver town.

Instrumental intensity 2 was recorded in Dulag, Leyte and in Sogod and San Francisco towns in Southern Leyte.

Phivolcs does not expect damage from the quake, but warned people of possible aftershocks.

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