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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1777876765912HHdFwRtawAAr9JB.jfif" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Handout/Phivolcs" width="960"/>Handout/Phivolcs</div>MANILA (UPDATED) -- A magnitude 6.1 quake rocked Eastern Samar on Monday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).The quake was tectonic in origin and had a depth of 10 kilometers. It struck nine kilometers northwest of the town of San Julian in Eastern Samar around 2:09 p.m., Phivolcs said in its initial bulletin.Damages and aftershocks are expected.The following instrumental intensities were felt:Intensity V - Can-Avid, Eastern Samar; Dulag, and Alangalang, Leyte; Gandara, SamarIntensity IV - Abuyog, Palo, and Carigara, LeyteIntensity III - Naval, Biliran; Hernani, Eastern Samar; Ormoc City, Hilongos, Albuera, Baybay, Villaba, and Isabel, Leyte; Sorsogon City, Bulusan, Sorsogon; Malitbog, San Francisco, Hinundayan, and Sogod, Southern LeyteIntensity II - Kawayan, Biliran; San Francisco, Cebu; Monreal, and Esperanza, Masbate; Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon Intensity I - Tabaco, Albay; Carcar, Liloan, and Cebu City, Cebu; Sta. Maria, Davao Occidental; Passi City, Iloilo; Aroroy, and Cataingan, Masbate; Donsol, Sorsogon; Maasin, Southern Leyte<div> </div><div>&#x27;STRONG AND SUDDEN&#x27; QUAKE</div>A local police officer told AFP the earthquake had been &quot;strong and sudden&quot; though there had been no immediate reports of injury.&quot;Here at the police station, one of the beams where our roof was attached was broken ... I saw some furniture moving,&quot; he said, adding he and his fellow officers were now outside for fear of aftershocks.People in various parts of Visayas evacuated from buildings due to the tremor.In Cebu, the provincial board&#x27;s regular session was temporarily halted, with board members in the middle of a presentation of a motion when the quake occurred.&quot;We suspended the session and proceeded to the grounds as rehearsed,&quot; said Vice Governor Glenn Soco.Employees and other officials immediately stepped outside while assessment was ongoing. After the buildings were cleared, the session resumed.Students and employees of the Eastern Visayas State University also headed to open grounds. They have yet to re-enter the campus as aftershocks are expected. Instead, classes and office work have been suspended.Employees and visitors at the Iloilo City Hall also evacuated. Earthquakes are a near-daily occurrence in the Philippines, which is situated on the Pacific &quot;ring of fire&quot;, an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.Eastern Mindanao was rocked by a pair of earthquakes of 7.4 and 6.7 magnitude in October that killed at least eight people.These followed a magnitude 6.9 quake days earlier that killed 76 people and destroyed or damaged 72,000 houses in Cebu province in central Philippines, according to government figures. -- with reports from Rolen Escaniel, Jenette Ruedas, and Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News <div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>

A magnitude 6.1 quake rocked Eastern Samar on Monday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

A magnitude 6.1 quake rocked Eastern Samar on Monday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

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Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Eastern Samar

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Published May 04, 2026 02:31 PM PHT

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Updated May 04, 2026 03:24 PM PHT

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