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Magnitude-5.6 quake hits North Cotabato

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/07/09/20190709-quake.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong>—A magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted North Cotabato on Tuesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.</p><p>The agency initially declared the quake as magnitude 5.3.</p><p>The tremor occurred at 8:37 p.m. at a depth of 14 kilometers southwest of Makilala town.</p><p>Intensity 5 was recorded in Makilala, North Cotabato; Kidapawan City; Koronadal City and Santa Cruz, Davao Del Sur, while Intensity 4 was recorded in Davao City, in the towns of Polomolok, Tupi, Tampakan, Santo Nino, Tacurong City and Quirino in Sultan Kudarat, and in Glan and Malungon in Sarangani.</p><p>Intensity 3 was felt in General Santos City and Kiamba, Sarangani, while Intensity 2 was felt in Cotabato City and Nabunturan, Compostela Valley</p><p>Instrumental Intensity 5 was also recorded in Kidapawan City</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Some parts of Davao Region also experienced the strong tremor.<br/><br/>Arnold Tajo, a student in Assumption College of Davao, shared photos of students evacuated from the school. | via <a href="https://twitter.com/HernelTocmo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HernelTocmo</a> <a href="https://t.co/TG2khpOUCG">pic.twitter.com/TG2khpOUCG</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1148581067294568448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Phivolcs said it does not expect damage, but warns of aftershocks from the tremor.</p>

<p>The tremor occurred at 8:37 p.m. at a depth of 5 kilometers southwest of Makilala town. Intensity IV was recorded in Kidapawan City.<br /> </p>

The tremor occurred at 8:37 p.m. at a depth of 5 kilometers southwest of Makilala town. Intensity IV was recorded in Kidapawan City.