Magnitude 4.1 tremor shakes Sipalay

AN earthquake that measured Magnitude 4.1 jolted Sipalay City, Negros Occidental at around noontime today, Tuesday, November 2, 2021.

According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), Intensity 3 was felt in Iloilo City.

The state seismology agency also recorded an Intensity 5 tremor in Sipalay City; Intensity 3 in Bago City, Negros Occidental and Intensity 2 in La Carlota City also from the said province.

The quake had a depth of eighteen kilometers with a tectonic origin.

Phivolcs no longer expected damage due to the earthquake as well as aftershocks.

(PHOTO CREDIT: phivolcs.dost.gov.ph)

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