A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental on Tuesday, January 9 at 4:48 a.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Phivolcs reported that the quake of tectonic origin hit 119 kilometers (km) southeast of Sarangani Island. It had a depth of 76 km.
Intensity IV was felt in Malungon, Alabel, and Kiamba, Sarangani.
Phivolcs said that there is no destructive tsunami threat based on available sea-level data following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake.
“However, earthquakes of this size may generate unusual sea level disturbances that may be observed along coasts near earthquake epicenter of Davao Occidental,” Phivolcs said. RGLA magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked Sarangani Island in Davao Occidental on Tuesday, January 9 at 4:48 a.m., according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). RGL
