By Mike Crismundo
BUTUAN CITY - A 4.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Davao Oriental province on Friday morning, May 15, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor was recorded at 2:55 a.m., with the epicenter plotted 59 kilometers (kms) southeast of Governor Generoso, Davao Oriental province. The tremor had a depth of 134 kms, Phivolcssaid.
The earthquake was tectonic in origin and no aftershock or tsunami alert was raised by the agency.
The regional office of the Southern Mindanao Office of Civil Defense and provincial disaster risk reduction and management council there also reported no damage or injury.
Earlier, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake was also registered at 2:28 a.m., and its epicenter was traced 97 kms. southeast of Sarangani, Davao Occidentalprovince, with a depth of 33 kms, Phivolcs also said.
The earthquake was tectonic in origin and no aftershock or tsunami alert was raised by the state agency.
The Davao Occidental provincial disaster risk reduction and management council there also reported no damage or injury.