Magnitude 5.1 quake jolts Calaca, Batangas
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Magnitude 5.1 quake jolts Calaca, Batangas
by Mary Antalan20 August 2025
Courtesy: PHIVOLCS
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted the City of Calaca, Batangas early Tuesday, August 19.
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the tectonic quake struck at 12:43 a.m. with a depth of 10 kilometers.
PHIVOLCS reported the following intensities:
Reported Intensities
- Intensity V – City of Calaca, Batangas
- Intensity IV – Alitagtag and Cuenca, Batangas; City of Tagaytay, Cavite
- Intensity III – Quezon City; City of Santa Rosa, Laguna; Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro
- Intensity II – City of Makati; City of Malabon; Hermosa, Bataan; Cainta, Rizal; City of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro
- Intensity I – City of Biñan, City of Cabuyao, and City of San Pedro, Laguna; Baco, Oriental Mindoro
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Instrumental Intensities
- Intensity IV – City of Muntinlupa; Cuenca, Lemery, and Santa Teresita, Batangas; Carmona and City of Tagaytay, Cavite
- Intensity III – Batangas City, Bauan, and Nasugbu, Batangas
- Intensity II – City of Las Piñas; City of Marikina; City of Navotas; Abucay, Bataan; Mataasnakahoy, Batangas; City of Bacoor, Naic, Ternate, and City of Trece Martires, Cavite; City of San Pedro, Laguna; Dolores, Quezon
- Intensity I – City of Caloocan; City of Malabon; Quezon City; Dinalupihan and Orani, Bataan; Calumpit, Guiguinto, and Paombong, Bulacan; Angono, Rizal
The state seismologists said damage and aftershocks are possible.
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