BUTUAN CITY - Davao Occidental was hit by a 4.2-magnitude earthquake on Saturday morning, October 10, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor was recorded at 5:35 a.m., with the epicenter plotted 284 kilometers (kms) southeast of Sarangani, Davao Occidental province.
The tremor had a depth of 262 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 Davao Occidental provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) there reported no damage or injury.
Meanwhile, a 4.0-magnitude tectonic earthquake was also registered at 6:42 p.m. on Friday, October 9, and its epicenter traced 78 kms northeast of General Luna town, Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte province, with a shallow depth of only 1 km, Phivolcs also said, in its advisory.
No aftershock was raised by the state agency and the Surigao del Norte PDRRMC there also no reported damage or injury.