00:00Two strong earthquakes were recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
00:05this morning in the Bicol Region and Eastern Visayas.
00:08At 8.29 this morning, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Masbate.
00:13The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded in the south-eastern part of Claveria, Masbate,
00:18with a tectonic origin and a depth of 10 kilometers.
00:21The intensity of the earthquake was up to intensity 4,
00:25up to Sorsogon and other parts of Albay.
00:29At 9.18 this morning, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake was recorded by the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
00:34in Eastern Samar.
00:36The epicenter of the earthquake was recorded in the south-eastern part of Hernani, Eastern Samar,
00:41with a tectonic origin and a depth of 10 kilometers.
00:44The intensity of the earthquake was up to intensity 5,
00:48up to Eastern Samar and other parts of Northern Samar and Southern Leyte.
00:52No one expected that the earthquake would be a disaster,
00:55but the aftershocks were expected.