{"id":359911,"date":"2013-02-17T04:37:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=359911"},"modified":"2013-02-17T06:03:36","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T22:03:36","slug":"mindanao-rocked-by-6-2-quake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/359911\/mindanao-rocked-by-6-2-quake","title":{"rendered":"Mindanao rocked by 6.2 quake"},"content":{"rendered":"
MANILA, Philippines\u2014A powerful magnitude-6.2 earthquake rocked parts of Mindanao past noon Saturday triggering panic but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.<\/p>\n\n
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake struck at 12:37 p.m. with its epicenter estimated at 30 km northeast of Sarangani. It was tectonic in origin.<\/p>\n\n
People rushed out of buildings in panic after the quake sent lighting fixtures swaying.<\/p>\n\n
Phivolcs did not raise a tsunami alert and said it did not expect any damage although aftershocks may follow.<\/p>\n\n
The earthquake was felt at Intensity 4 in Mati and Taragona, Davao Oriental, and Intensity 3 in Davao City. Tremors were also felt in General Santos City, Butuan City, Malaybalay and Bukidnon at Intensity 2, Phivolcs said.<\/p>\n\n
The Philippines sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire\u2014a belt around the Pacific Ocean dotted with active volcanoes and tectonic trenches. AFP, Julie Aurelio<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A powerful magnitude-6.2 earthquake rocked parts of Mindanao past noon Saturday triggering panic but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":353543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,46],"tags":[44,2683,14237],"byline":[],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"class_list":["post-359911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-stories","category-regions-latest-stories","tag-earthquake","tag-mindanao","tag-tremors","source-philippine-daily-inquirer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n