Afternoon shift students of Kidapawan City National High School rushed out of their respective classrooms on Monday afternoon following the shaking from the magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental. Photo by Williamor Magbanua.
COTABATO CITY – An offshore magnitude 6.2 earthquake rocked Davao Oriental at 5:18 p.m. Monday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
The state volcanology office traced the epicenter 164 kilometers east of Gen. Generoso, Davao Oriental, and said it was tectonic in origin. It had a depth of 86 kilometers.
The agency earlier reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6.
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