VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Phivolcs prediction’ of possible quakes in Mindanao FAKE
Three Facebook (FB) users claimed that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) warned about a magnitude 8 earthquake that may hit Cagayan de Oro (CDO) and Surigao. This is fake. The netizens’ posts also repeated a previously debunked claim about a high-magnitude earthquake possibly hitting CDO and the Tagoloan municipality in Misamis Oriental. […]