EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER IN MAKILALA

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MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 3 – 3:54 p.m.) A series of successive earthquakes, from a mild magnitude-2.6 to a relatively strong magnitude-5, has been shaking the North Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat area since early Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The strongest quake, which struck at 12:26 p.m., registered at magnitude 5 with its epicenter 14 kilometers south of Kidapawan City, North Cotabato at a depth of 11 kilometers.

At 7:09 a.m., a 4.7-magnitude tremor also struck in the same area at a depth of two km.

The chain of tremors started with a magnitude-4.4 quake at 5:59 a.m., its epicenter six km south of Makilala, North Cotabato at a depth of one km.

The quakes struck in two waves, the first ending at 7:18 a.m., and the second starting at 10:17 a.m.

Time Depth (km) Magnitude Location

03:19 PM 027 3.0 015 km South of Kidapawan City

03:04 PM 009 3.3 018 km South of Kidapawan City

02:17 PM 020 3.2 022 km South of Kidapawan City

01:41 PM 001 3.3 010 km South of Kidapawan City

01:35 PM 025 3.5 028 km South of Kidapawan City

01:33 PM 016 2.4 020 km South of Kidapawan City

12:59 PM 011 3.8 026 km South of Kidapawan City

12:26 PM 011 5.0 014 km South of Kidapawan City

10:54 AM 005 2.8 013 km South of Kidapawan City

10:17 AM 022 3.3 006 km North of Columbio (Sultan Kudarat)

07:18 AM 019 3.0 009 km North of Columbio

07:09 AM 002 4.7 014 km South of Kidapawan

06:22 AM 015 2.6 008 km North of Columbio

06:05 AM 066 3.6 004 km South of Columbio

05:59 AM 001 4.4 006 km South of Makilala (North Cotabato)