Quake hits Southern Leyte Tuesday morning

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit Southern Leyte on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

Phivolcs report showed that the quake hit 5 kilometers northeast of Sogod, Southern Leyte, at 6:25 a.m.

The tremor of tectonic origin had a depth of one kilometer.

The Phivolcs noted that no damage and aftershocks could be expected from the earthquake. /cbb

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