By Gabriela Baron
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit Tayum, Abra Wednesday morning, July 27, following the 7.3-magnitude tremor that rattled the province earlier, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
The tectonic quake struck four kilometers (km) southwest of Tayum.
It had a depth of focus of one km.
Intensity V was felt in Bucay, Abra. Meanwhile, Instrumental Intensity II was felt in Taytay, Rizal, while Instrumental Intensity I was felt in Laoag City and Pasuquin in Ilocos Norte and in Peñablanca and Gonzaga, Cagayan.
No damages and aftershocks are expected.
