Quake rocks Samar, no injuries reported

A mild quake measuring Magnitude 3.1 hit Borongan town in Eastern Samar Monday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported Monday night. No one was reported injured in the quake, which Phivolcs said occurred at about 2:06 p.m. Monday. It described the quake as tectonic in origin, and with shallow focus. The quake came two hours after the Phivolcs lifted a level-2 tsunami alert on 20 provinces following an earthquake in Solomon Island Monday morning. But even then, Phivolcs said the wave amplitudes are considered “non-life threatening and only minor sea level changes are expected." “No evacuation order is in effect," it added, but said coastal areas in the 20 provinces are expected to experience “minor sea level changes from 10 a.m. to noon." It also advised people living near coastal areas facing the Pacific Ocean to be “watchful."- GMANews.TV