BUTUAN CITY - A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Sarangani in Southern Mindanao region early Monday morning, August 24, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor was recorded at 2:03 a.m., and the epicenter was plotted 126 kilometers (kms) southwest of Kiamba (Sarangani).
The tremor had a depth of 508 kms, Phivolcs said.
The earthquake was tectonic in origin and no aftershock was raised by the state agency.
The regional office of the Southern Mindanao Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Sarangani disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) there reported no damage or injury.
Earlier, a 4.6-magnitude tectonic earthquake was also registered at 11:45 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, and its epicenter traced 237 kms. southwest of the same area, with a depth of 551 kms, Phivolcs also said, in its advisory.
No aftershock was raised by the state agency and the Kiamba and Sarangani DRRMCs there also no reported damage or injury.