A series of tremors that hit Batangas on Saturday afternoon, with magnitudes between 5 to 6, were apparently part of an “earthquake swarm,” which had been going on since since Tuesday evening, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Intensity VII – Mabini, Batangas

Intensity VI – Calatagan, Nasugbu, and Tingloy, Batangas

Intensity V – Batangas City, Sto Tomas, and Lemery, Batangas; Tagaytay City

Intensity IV – Dasmariñas, Cavite: Lucena City; Pateros City

Intensity III – Makati City; Pasay City; Quezon City; Muntinlupa City; Malabon City; Mandaluyong City; Bacoor, Cavite

Intensity II – Daet, Camarines Norte

Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum told Rappler in a phone interview that there is nothing unusual about earthquakes occurring just a minute apart in the same area. The quake was felt in varying intensities in surrounding areas and as far as Manila’s financial district of Makati, where local broadcaster ABS-CBN showing live footage of frightened commuters fleeing the passenger terminal at the port of Batangas, near the epicenters.
Two earthquakes, with magnitudes of 5.6 and 6.0 and related to the April 4 magnitude 5.5 earthquake, hits Batangas, and are felt as far as Metro Manila (Rappler)