Two consecutive earthquakes with magnitudes 4.5 (downgraded from 4.6) and 4.0 (downgraded from 4.3) shook Bogo City, Cebu, three minutes apart from each other, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded.
The magnitude 4.5 earthquake was recorded at 3:55 p.m., in an area 22 kilometers northeast of Bogo City, Phivolcs said.
At 3:58 p.m. a 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit another area 20 kilometers northeast of Bogo City, Phivolcs added.
Both quakes are tectonic in origin with two-kilometer depths of focus.
According to Phivolcs, both earthquakes are aftershocks of the magnitude 6.9 earthquake on September 30 in northern Cebu.
Phivolcs observed Intensity II in Tabuelan, Cebu from both quakes.
Furthermore, Phivolcs reported the following instrumental intensities from the earlier quake:
Intensity III
Villaba, Leyte
Intensity II
City of Cebu
Isabel, Leyte
Intensity I
Kawayan, Biliran
Talisay, Cebu
No damages or aftershocks are expected, Phivolcs said.