COTABATO CITY: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Malapatan town in Sarangani on Saturday morning, while a 3.4-magnitude tremor jolted Kalinga earlier on Friday night, the government’s volcanology office said.

In a bulletin, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the earthquake was tectonic in origin, with its epicenter located near Malapatan.

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