By Gabriela Baron
Damages and aftershocks are expected after a magnitude 5.8 tremor rocked Maguindanao Saturday afternoon, Aug. 13, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
The tectonic quake hit 31 kilometers (km) southwest of Datu Blah T. Sinsuat, Maguindanao at 2:25 p.m.
It had a depth of one km.
Intensity V was reported in Datu Blah Sinsuat, South Upi, and Upi, Maguindanao; Cotabato City; Esperanza, Lebak, Palimbang, Kalamansig, Sen. Ninoy Aquino, and Bagumbayan Sultan Kudarat.
Intensity IV in: General Santos City; Zamboanga City; Pagadian City; Isabela City, Basilan; Antipas, Alamada, Tulunan, Pigcawayan, Kabacan, and Banisilan, Cotabato; Koronadal City, Tupi, Polomolok, Santo Niño, Surallah, Tampakan and Banga, South Cotabato; Kiamba and Maitum, Sarangani; Lutayan and Isulan,Sultan Kudarat; Datu Odin Sinsuat and Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.
Intensity III in: Ozamiz City; M’lang, Makilala, and Tantangan, Cotabato; Norala, South Cotabato; Pres. Quirino and Columbio, Sultan Kudarat; Maasim, Sarangani; Pitogo and Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur; Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte; Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay.
Intensity II in: Dipolog City; Cagayan de Oro City; Davao City; Kidapawan City; El Salvador City; Aleosan, Cotabato; Don Carlos, Cabanglasan, and Valencia City, Bukidnon; Malapatan and Malungon, Sarangani; Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat; Leon B. Postigo, Siayan, Sindangan, Gutalac, Tampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte; Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay; Tubod, Lenamon, Balo-i, Kauswagan, Bacolod, Maigo, Lala, Kapatagan and Iligan City, Lanao del Norte.
Intensity I: Dapitan City; Malitbog and Libona, Bukidnon; Initao, Misamis Oriental.
Meanwhile, Instrumental Intensity IV was also felt in T’boli, Surallah, Tupi, Santo Niño, Koronadal City, South Cotabato; Kiamba, Sarangani; Intensity III in Glan, Maasim, and Alabel, Sarangani; Zamboanga City; Columbio and Isulan, Sultan Kudarat; Intensity II in Kidapawan City; Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental; Malaybalay, Bukidnon, and Intensity I in Davao City; Nabunturan, Davao de Oro; Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental.
