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Magnitude 6.4 quake rocks NoCot, parts of Mindanao anew

By Noel Punzalan

October 29, 2019, 10:16 am

<p><strong>ANOTHER QUAKE.</strong> Rescue volunteers of the KCC Mall in Koronadal City, South Cotabato attend to several employees who fainted after another strong earthquake rocked the area past 9 a.m. Tuesday. The latest earthquake, recorded at 6.4 magnitude, came two weeks after a deadly 6.3 quake hit parts of Mindanao on Oct. 16. <em>(Photo by Allen Estabillo)</em></p>

ANOTHER QUAKE. Rescue volunteers of the KCC Mall in Koronadal City, South Cotabato attend to several employees who fainted after another strong earthquake rocked the area past 9 a.m. Tuesday. The latest earthquake, recorded at 6.4 magnitude, came two weeks after a deadly 6.3 quake hit parts of Mindanao on Oct. 16. (Photo by Allen Estabillo)

COTABATO CITY -- A magnitude 6.4 quake rocked anew parts of Mindanao at 9:04 a.m. with the epicenter traced in Tulunan, North Cotabato.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the tectonic quake was traced 26 kilometers northeast of Tulunan.

Tuesday's quake was much stronger than the magnitude 6.3 temblor that rocked North Cotabato province and other parts of Mindanao on Oct. 16, 2019.

READ: Magnitude 6.3 quake hits North Cotabato, parts of Mindanao

Strong quake intensities were also felt in the cities of Koronadal, Cotabato, General Santos Tacurong, Cagayan de Oro, Kidapawan and Davao, among others.

Damages to properties and aftershocks are expected. (PNA) 

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