BASCO, Batanes, Philippines – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake jolted this province at around 6:11 a.m. yesterday.
Roxanne Blacer of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology office here said the quake, which was tectonic in origin, had a depth of 34 kilometers.
The epicenter of the tremor was located 11 kms southeast of Uyugan town.