A magnitude 5.0 earthquake rocked Sarangani on Sunday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).
The tectonic earthquake, which occurred at 12:23 p.m., had its epicenter at 05.65°N, 125.29°E - 021 km S 28° E of the municipality of Glan.Intensity III - Jose Abad Santos, and Sarangani, Davao Occidental; Glan, Sarangani; City of General Santos
Intensity II - Don Marcelino, and Malita, Davao Occidental; Alabel, Kiamba, and Malapatan, Sarangani; Polomolok, South CotabatoThe earthquake was initially reported at magnitude 4.7 but PHIVOLCS later updated its bulletin saying it was a magnitude 5.
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