MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rocked Eastern Samar yesterday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
State seismologists said the temblor occurred at 3:31 a.m., with the epicenter located 79 kilometers east of Dolores town in Eastern Samar.
Phivolcs said the quake was tectonic in origin and with a depth of focus of 10 km.
Meanwhile, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake rocked Davao Occidental at 9:57 p.m. on Saturday.
According to Phivolcs, the epicenter of the temblor was located 140 km south of Balut Island in Sarangani, Davao Occidental.