Magnitude 5.4 quake rocks Zamboanga del Norte

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit Siocon, Zamboanga Del Norte on Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).

In its bulletin, PHIVOLCS said the offshore earthquake happened around two kilometers from Siocon at 11:41 a.m.

The earthquake had a depth of focus of 43 kilometers and was tectonic in origin.

PHIVOLCS earlier reported the magnitude was 6.1.

PHIVOLCS said the quake was felt in the following areas:

• Intensity V - Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte; Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay; City of Isabela
• Intensity IV - City of Zamboanga; Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte; Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur; Alicia, Zamboanga Sibugay
• Intensity III - City of Dipolog and President Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte; Buug and Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay
• Intensity II - San Jose, Antique; City of Himamaylan, Negros Occidental; Molave, Zamboanga del Sur
• Intensity I - City of Kabankalan, Negros Occidental

For instrumental intensities, PHIVOLCS said Intensity IV was reported in Zamboanga City.

Damage and aftershocks from the earthquake were expected, according to the PHIVOLCS. — Joviland Rita/RSJ, GMA Integrated News