Mild quake rocks Visayas, Mindanao

MANILA, Philippines – A magnitude-3.5 earthquake rocked parts of the Visayas and Mindanao on Saturday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday.

The tremor, which occurred at 9:49 p.m., was located some 20 kilometers southeast of Maria town in Siquijor.

It was felt at Intensity 3 in Maria, Lazi, Enrique, Villanueva and Larena, all in Siquijor, and Intensity 2 in Tagbilaran City in Bohol, Dipolog and Dapitan City in Zamboanga del Norte, and Dauin, Sibulan, and Dumaguete City, all in Negros Oriental.

No aftershock was expected from the quake.

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