State seismologists identified the Philippine Fault-Agusan Marsh segment as the likely source of the magnitude 5.3 earthquake that jolted Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on Thursday evening.
“Based on SWIFT-CMT solutions, both earthquakes exhibited strike-slip faulting (horizontal motion along the fault), with the Philippine Fault – Agusan Marsh segment identified as the likely source,” the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said on Friday.
The earthquake was reportedly moderately strong, with an intensity IV, in the cities of Bislig and Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur. A magnitude 4.6 aftershock followed, with an Intensity IV felt in Talacogon and…