A MAGNITUDE 5.6 earthquake jolted Bohol yesterday morning, state seismologists said.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake struck at 9:15 a.m.
The quake, which was tectonic in origin, had a depth of 551 kilometers.
Residents in Lila said they did not feel that the ground shake yesterday morning.
Tito Efondo, 51, a resident of Barangay Poblacion, Lila, said he did not feel the earthquake.
“Wala ko kabati nga naglinog (I didn’t feel the earthquake),” said Efondo, who was inside his store in the public market.
Like Efondo, Virgilia Gamil also said she didn’t feel even the slightest tremor yesterday while they were inside the church attending a Mass.
At least 100 residents, who were inside the Lila town’s gymnasium for a reunion, said they too didn’t feel the ground shake.
The Phivolcs traced the epicenter of the quake at 28 kilometers southwest of Lila, Bohol.
Intensity 1 was felt in Catbalogan City in Samar and in Borongan in Eastern Samar.
Aftershocks were expected, the Phivolcs said.
The United States Geological Survey placed the magnitude at a stronger 5.9, identifying the epicenter to be 33 km from Tagbilaran City.
As of noon yesterday, no report of casualty or damage was received by the police, said PO1 Arsenio Daigdigan Jr. of the Lila Police Station.