🕓 Last Updated: June 6, 2023, 2:54 pm (PH time)

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake shakes Davao Occidental at 12:48 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2021, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) earthquake information bulletin.

The earthquake has a depth of focus at 140 kilometers and a tectonic origin located northeast of Don Marcelino.

Meanwhile, intensity 1 is reported in General Santos City. The information shows no expecting damage and aftershocks. RQJ

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