Two early morning earthquakes were recorded in Negros Oriental yesterday.

Around 2:43 a.m. a 2.6-magnitude quake struck west of Valencia and, just under a half hour later, Basay was shook by a 2.3-magnitude earthquake are 3:11 a.m.

According to subsequent Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology bulletins, no damages were reported nor were there aftershocks expected.

Quakes ranging between 1.0 and 3.0 in magnitude are often classified as a Level 1 on the Mercalli Intensity Scale, where the tremor goes almost undetected./WDJ