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Several netizens took to social media when a slight tremblor was felt in the metro just an hour ago.
Phivolcs or the Philippine Institute of Volcanology later issued a report that a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred in Camarines Norte at 1:05 this afternoon.
The quake’s epicenter was located at 019 kilometers northeast of Tinaga Island in Vinzons, Camarines Norte. The depth of the tremor wasn’t mentioned.
Several posts on Twitter immediately showed the actions schools and government offices conducted during the quake.
Students in Araullo HS were prepared for calamities like this, while students from Emilio Aguinaldo College in Manila evacuated their school premises:
This was the situation in Pasig city earlier:
The following intensities were recorded:
Intensity III – Marikina City and Pasig City in Metro Manila; Ragay, Pili, Iriga City, Camarines Sur; Mauban, Lopez, Mulanay, Alabat, Gumaca, Quezon.
Intensity II – Tabaco, Albay; Dingalan, Aurora; Batangas City, Batangas; Calumpit, Plaridel, Pulilan, Marilao, San Ildefonso, Bulacan; Sagnay, Camarines Sur; Carmona, Cavite; Gapan City, Nueva Ecija; Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro; Guagua, Pampanga; Infanta, Pangasinan; Dolores, Infanta, Calauag, Quezon; and Taytay, Tanay, Rizal.
Intensity I – Legazpi City, Albay; Bulakan, Santa Maria, Guiguinto, Obando, Malolos City, Pandi, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan; Tagaytay City, Ternate, Cavite; Candon, Ilocos Sur; Calamba, Los Banos, Laguna; Malabon City, Pasay, Quezon City, Muntinlupa City, San Juan City, Metro Manila; Mapanas, Northern Samar; San Antonio, Gabaldon, Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija; Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro; Tayabas, Lucena City, Quezon; and Angono, Morong, Antipolo, Cainta, Rizal.
Phivolcs warned of possible aftershocks though no reports of damages have been reported yet.
Source: ManilaTimes/ABSCBN/Phivolcs/Twitter/FB
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