BUTUAN CITY - A 4.1-magnitude earthquake hit Davao Oriental province in Southern Mindanao region Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
In its bulletin, Phivolcs said the tremor was recorded at 5:44 a.m.
The epicenter was plotted 112 kilometers (kms) southeast of Governor Generoso town, Davao Oriental province.
The tremor had a depth of 24 kms, Phivolcs said.
The earthquake was tectonic in origin and no aftershock alert was raised by the state agency.
The regional office of the Southern Mindanao Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Davao Oriental provincial disaster risk reduction and management council (PDRRMC) reported no damage or injury.
Earlier, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake was also registered at 4:51 a.m. on Thursday and its epicenter was traced 15 kilometers southwest of Sarangani, Davao Occidental province, with a depth of 12 kms, Phivolcs said.
According to the state agency, this is an aftershock of the December 16 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Sarangani, Davao Occidental.
No tsunami alert was raised by the state agency and the Davao Occidental PDRRMC reported no damage or injury.