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by PNA

A 2.9 magnitude tectonic earthquake rocked Abra province at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) field station here said.

Another 3.2 magnitude quake shook Iloilo province at 8:25 a,m., also on Saturday.

Phivolcs Researcher Porferio De Peralta said that the mild quake in Abra had its epicenter located at 14 kilometers northeast of Bangued with a depth of 19 kilometers while the tremor felt in Iloilo had its epicenter traced at 36 kilometers southwest of Iloilo City with a depth of 45 kilometers.

De Peralta said that no damage or casualty were reported, and there were no aftershocks recorded in the two mild quakes. (PNA)