West Valley Fault

A magnitude 5 quake rocked the island of Masbate Tuesday evening according to a report from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).

The tremor which has been determined to be tectonic in origin struck 15 kilometers southwest of Monreal at 9:01 p.m. Its depth of focus was about 9 kilometers.

These intensities have been reported in the following areas:

Intensity V – City of Masbate, MASBATE

Intensity IV – Monreal, Batuan, and San Fernando, MASBATE

Intensity III – Aroroy, Baleno, Claveria, Dimasalang, Milagros, Mobo, and Uson, MASBATE;San Vicente, NORTHERN SAMAR; Almagro, and Tagapul-an, SAMAR

Intensity II – Cataingan, Mandaon, Palanas, and Pio V. Corpus, MASBATE; Allen, Capul, Lavezares, San Antonio, San Isidro, and Victoria, NORTHERN SAMAR

Intensity I – Lope de Vega, NORTHERN SAMAR

Damage and aftershocks were expected according to the state seismologists.

Source: GMANewsOnline