Earthquake with a Magnitude-5 hits Leyte
On Tuesday afternoon, March 9, an intensity 5 shook parts of Leyte province in Eastern Visayas.
State seismologists warned of possible aftershocks. According to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology(Phivolcs), the tremor was recorded at 2p.m., with an epicenter at 33 km southeast of Borongan town in Eastern Samar.
The earthquake was tectonic and was felt at Intensity 4 in Borongan, Can-avid, and Llorente towns in Eastern Samar. Intensity 3 in Tolosa, Leyte, Tacloban City, San Policarpio, Gen. MacArthur, San Julian, Taft, and Sulat towns in Eastern Samar; and at Intensity 2 in Jaro, Carigara, and Baybay towns in Leyte.
Phivolcs announced there were no damages reported, though aftershocks can happen.
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