Magnitude 7.2 quake jolts Bohol, nearby provinces ANC – 1 hour 50 minutes ago Email Recommend 726 Tweet Print Related Content Magnitude 7.2 quake hits Bohol; 4 deadView Photo Magnitude 7.2 quake hits Bohol; 4 dead (Updated as of 10:41 a.m) A magnitude 7.2 earthquake rocked the Visayas region Tuesday morning. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the epicenter was recorded at 2 kilometers south of Carmen, Bohol and was tectonic in origin. The earthquake occurred around 8:12 in the morning and was also felt in Cebu, Masbate, Iloilo, Samar, Negros Oriental, Siquijor and in Northern Mindanao. Several aftershocks were also felt after the quake. Power outages are reported in Cebu City, Masbate and Bohol, said in PIA Central Visayas Twitter account. Phivolcs head Renato Solidum said they are classifying the quake as a major earthquake. He also said the quake emanated from a fault line in Bohol. Solidum also said aftershocks should be expected. They have no raised the tsunami warning after the quake, he said. The Office of Civil Defense said at least 4 people were reported to have died in the quake. Reports said the following jolts were felt: Intensity VII - Tagbilaran, Bohol Intensity VI - Inigaran, Negros Occidental Intensity V- Tacloban, Iloilo City, La Carlota; Intensity IV - Masbate City; Roxas City; San Jose, Culasi, Antique; Guihulngan, Negros Oriental Intensity III - Davao City Bohol Gov. Edgar Chato told DZMM that damage was reported in some structures in the province. Many of the historical and oldest churches in the Philippines are found in Bohol. Parts of the Loboc Church and Baclayon Church collapsed due to the stong quake. In a report from DZMM’s Johnson Manabat, some flights to and from Bohol were cancelled. Authorities said part of the ceiling of the Tagbilaran airport fell during the quake and they are also currently checking if the runway was damaged. Airline company Cebu Pacific cancelled two of its flights to Tagbilaran and the return flights to Manila. The Philippines is located in an area called the Pacific Ring of Fire where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are prevalent. The country gets an average of around 20 earthquakes a day, some of them very weak and hardly felt. The countrys fault system, the Philippine Fault Zone (PFZ), is one of the longest in the world at around 1,200 km. Large parts of the Philippine archipelago are sandwiched between two trenches, the Manila Trench in the west and the Philippine Trench in the east.
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