Magnitude-4.8 quake rocks Mindanao

A magnitude-4.8 earthquake rocked parts of Mindanao Friday afternoon, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was recorded at 2:49 p.m., with the epicenter at the Moro Gulf. USGS said the epicenter was 155 kilometers (km) south-southwest of Cotabato, 185 km west of General Santos City, 185 km east-southeast of Zamboanga, or 990 km south-southeast of Manila. Meanwhile, at least two quakes rocked parts of Northern Luzon Thursday night, but state seismologists said there was no casualty or damage. Radio dzBB on Friday reported the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said both quakes were tectonic. The first quake measuring magnitude 4.5 was recorded southeast of Babuyan Island in Extreme Northern Luzon at 7:23 p.m. Another quake measuring magnitude 3.8 was recorded at 10:25 p.m., with the epicenter located northeast of Laoag City in Ilocos. –VVP, GMANews.TV