Magnitude 5 quake hits Davao Occidental
2024-Aug-30 07:00
(PNA/Phivolcs' Facebook page)
MANILA – A magnitude 5 earthquake hit Davao Occidental province on Thursday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
The tectonic quake struck 355 kilometers southeast of Sarangani Island at 9:46 p.m.
It was 10 km. deep.
As of writing, Phivolcs is yet to record if there are reported and instrumental intensities.
Reported intensity is the traditional way of knowing the intensity based on reports of people who felt the earthquake.
Instrumental intensity, on the other hand, is measured using an intensity meter that measures ground acceleration.
Phivolcs, meanwhile, said both aftershocks and damage are not expected from the magnitude 5 earthquake.
Damage is expected from earthquakes with Intensity VI based on Phivolcs' scale. (PNA)