Magnitude 4.5: Quake hits Luzon anew, disrupts rescue ops in Porac

Another earthquake hit Luzon early Wednesday morning, this time a magnitude 4.5 according to PHIVOLCS.

This latest tremor’s epicenter was recorded at 2:02 a.m. 15 kilometers northeast of Castillejos in Zambales.

It comes less than 48 hours after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Luzon on Monday, causing widespread damage in the central part of the Philippines’ biggest island. Castillejos was also near where the epicenter of Monday’s quake was recorded.

In Porac, Pampanga, people involved in rescue operations at a supermarket where a wall had collapsed stopped their work after feeling the tremor.

Department of Science and Technology Undersecretary and PHIVOLCS Officer-in-Charge Renato Solidum, in an interview on Unang Hirit on Tuesday, said the early morning quake is an aftershock of the 6.1-magnitude temblor that occurred on Monday afternoon.

He added that there are weaker aftershocks that occur but they expected at least a 5-magnitude aftershock.

JUST IN: Mga rescuer, lumayo na muna mula sa gumuhong supermarket matapos lumindol bandang 2AM sa Porac, Pampanga. @gmanews @dzbb @UnangHirit pic.twitter.com/8n4XrMiH3B

— James Agustin (@_jamesJA) April 23, 2019

MORE: Bandang 2AM nang mapatakbo ang mga rescuer mula sa gumuhong gusali. Tumagal ng ilang segundo ang pagyanig. @gmanews @dzbb @UnangHirit pic.twitter.com/wS6boaCD0M

— James Agustin (@_jamesJA) April 23, 2019

WATCH: Ramdam ang pagyanig habang nagsasagawa ng search and rescue operations ang mga otoridad sa gumuhong gusali. @gmanews @dzbb @UnangHirit pic.twitter.com/9wGQsH78oJ

— James Agustin (@_jamesJA) April 23, 2019

Intensity III was reported in Olongapo City.

Intensity II was reported in Quezon City, Muntinlupa, and Taguig.

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake also struck Eastern Visayas on Tuesday. Authorities said the two strong earthquakes are unrelated. —JST/KG, GMA News