Magnitude 4.6 quake rocks Tagbilaran

MANILA, Philippines - Eleven days after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Bohol, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that a 4.6 magnitude aftershock was recorded early yesterday morning in Tagbilaran City.

Phivolcs said the 4.6 magnitude quake was felt at 12:59 a.m. at 23 kilometers northeast of Tagbilaran City.

This tremor was felt at Intensity 5 in San Isidro town, Bohol and Intensity 3 in Lapu-Lapu City and Tagbilaran City.

Phivolcs said that as of 10 a.m. yesterday there were 2,790 recorded aftershocks but only 75 were felt.

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