Epicenter map
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A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Davao Occidental on January 10, 2016, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), in its bulletin said.

The quake occurred at 8:45 p.m. with its epicenter traced at 262 kilometers (km) southeast of Jose Abad Santos town, Davao Occidental, the state agency said.

The tremor was tectonic in origin, with a depth of 72 km, it said.

No aftershock was registered, Phivolcs added.

It was caused by movements along a local fault in Surigao Island, Phivolcs said.

The Southern Mindanao regional action and monitoring center of the Office of Civil Defense said there was no report on casualty or damage when the earthquake hit Jose Abad Santos town last night.