5 quakes jolt Negros

BACOLOD City , Philippines – Five quakes hit southern Negros Occidental Sunday night,the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday. 

A magnitude 3 quake occurred at 2:02 p.m., magnitude 5 at 9:08 p.m, magnitude 4.1 at 9:13 p.m. and magnitude 3.7 at 9:40 p.m in Silay City. A  magnitude 3.5 quake also hit  Hinobaan at 9:48 a.m.  The epicenter of the magnitude 5 quake was located 51 kilometers southwest of Sipalay City. It was felt at Intensity 3 in Sipalay City and Intensity 2 in Iloilo City, Phivolcs said. â€“ Danny Dangcalan, Helen Flores