Four earthquakes struck parts of Mindanao on Easter Sunday, the first of which was a magnitude 5.9 tremor recorded at 12:11 a.m. off the coast of Sultan Kudarat. The tectonic quake had a depth of 6 kilometers, with its epicenter located 51 kilometers west of Palimbang.
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), two more quakes were also recorded in Sultan Kudarat, while another occurred in Davao Occidental. The magnitude 5.9 quake was felt at Intensity 5 in Kiamba, Sarangani and Lebak, Sultan Kudarat; Intensity 4 in Alabel, Glan, and Maitum in Sarangani, and T’boli and Tupi in South Cotabato; Intensity 3 in multiple towns in Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat, as well as in General Santos City; Intensity 2 in Davao del Sur, Davao City, parts of Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat; and Intensity 1 in Zamboanga City and several municipalities in Davao del Sur.
A second quake with a magnitude of 5.1 followed at 12:50 a.m., also west of Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, at a depth of 1 km. It was felt at Intensity 3 in Maitum, Sarangani and Tupi, South Cotabato; Intensity 2 in several nearby areas including Maasim and Norala; and Intensity 1 in Polomolok, South Cotabato.
Editor’s Note: This is an updated article. Originally posted with the headline: “Magnitude-5.9 tremor shakes Sultan Kudarat on Easter Sunday”