COTABATO, which is still in the midst of rehabilitation efforts for the series of earthquakes in October last year, was rocked by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake Thursday morning, with a reported intensity of 5 in the capital Kidapawan City and Tulunan town. The tremor was recorded at 9:03 a.m. with epicenter in Makilala town, based on the monitoring of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Members of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and other emergency responders immediately conducted an assessment and ocular inspection within the capitol compound in Kidapawan. Phivolcs said no aftershocks were expected.

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