More aftershocks hit Bohol, Cebu provinces

MANILA, Philippines - A magnitude-5.2 earthquake struck Tagbilaran City in Bohol province on Friday night.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the quake struck at around 9:58 p.m., 34 kilometers northeast of Tagbilaran City.

The quake's depth was measured at eight kilometers.

It was felt at Intensity 5 in Talibon, Bohol; Mandaue City and Cebu City in Cebu; Intensity 3 in Dumaguete City and Intensity 1 in Hibok-hibok.

Another quake struck Tagbilaran City shortly after midnight on Friday.

The quake, measured at 4.3 magnitude, was felt at Intensity 5 in Mandaue City, Intensity 2 in Cebu City and Intensity 1 in Lapu-Lapu City.

Phivolcs said the two quakes were aftershocks of the magnitude-7.2 temblor that struck Bohol and Cebu provinces last October 15.

The agency has recorded more than 3,100 aftershocks since the major temblor, which affected more than two million people and killed more than 200.