Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Balut Island in Sarangani

MANILA, Philippines – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Balut Island, Sarangani anew on Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

The tectonic quake hit southwest of Balut Island at 10:23 a.m. with a 15-kilometer depth of focus.

Phivolcs logged this as an aftershock of the magnitude 7.8 quake off Sarangani on June 8, and the magnitude 6.5 quake off Balut Island last June 26.

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Seismologists also recorded the following instrumental intensities:

Intensity II

Maasim, Sarangani

Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat

Intensity I

General Santos City

T’boli and Tupi, South Cotabato

Kiamba and Maitum, Sarangani

Santa Maria, Davao Occidental

Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat /das

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