Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes La Union

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck La Union at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.

In its bulletin, Phivolcs said that the earthquake’s epicenter was located 2 kilometers northeast of Pugo town at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Intensity V was felt in Baguio City, while instrumental Intensity III was felt in Aringay, La Union; Bontoc, Mountain Province; Sison, Pangasinan; Intensity II in San Fernando, La Union; Nampicuan, Nueva Ecija, and Dagupan City; and Intensity I in Lingayen and Urdaneta, Pangasinan.

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