3 tectonic quakes hit Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY --- Three minor earthquakes hit the northern part of Maguindanao last May 16 but the tremors were too deep to be felt, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) here said.

The three tremors, recorded at Magnitude 3, 3.2, and 3.3, came in succession beginning at 7:31 a.m. followed by two aftershocks at 8:02 and 8:31 a.m. which were traced about 12 kilometers east of Buldon, Maguindanao, the Phivolcs said in its bulletin.

Phivolcs said no reported damage to properties in the three tectonic quakes, which occurred about 12 hours after a Magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit South Upi town, also in Maguindanao at 8 p.m. last May 15.

Engr. Rainier Amilbahar, chief of Phivolc -Cotabato station, said the tremor in South Upi was too deep that it was hardly felt by the citizens.

Amilbahar said the epicenter was traced 613 kilometers deep and no casualty or damages to properties recorded. (Noel Punzalan & Edwin Fernandez,  PNA - Cotabato MINDANAO EXPOSE’)