A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Eastern Samar, Philippines, on Monday afternoon, May 4, 2026. According to a report from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), the earthquake struck at 2:09 p.m. in San Julian, Eastern Samar. The quake had a depth of 10 kilometers.
PHIVOLCS recorded Instrumental Intensities in several areas, including Can-Avid, Eastern Samar, Dulag, Alangalang, Carigara, Leyte, and Gandara, Samar. PHIVOLCS also stated that damage and aftershocks are expected due to the earthquake.
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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Samar, Philippines
on Monday afternoon, May 4, 2026, according to a report from the Philippine Institute
of Volcanology and Seismology, PHIVOLCS.
The earthquake struck at 2.09 p.m. in San Julian, eastern Samar.
The quake had a depth of 10 kilometers.
PHIVOLCS recorded instrumental intensities in several areas, including Canavid, eastern
Samar, Dulag, Alangalan, Karagara, Leyte, and Gandara, Samar.
PHIVOLCS also stated that damage and aftershocks are expected due to the earthquake.
Meanwhile, many residents in several areas felt the tremors strongly, sharing videos
of the moments after the earthquake.
A wall was damaged and a pillar collapsed in a house in Barangay Kentongtong, Giabong,
western Samar after the 6.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern Samar.
According to Mitchi Zenon, the house belonged to his cousin.
As the earthquake intensified, it felt like something exploded and then their house collapsed.
He said none of the six people inside the house were injured when the house collapsed,
but sacks of rice that were supposed to be the family's food were buried.
A church cross also fell at the San Pedro Calungsod parish church in Barangay San Eduardo
in Oras, eastern Samar, after the 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Monday afternoon.
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