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6.0 Earthquake hits the Philippines
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Thank God there appears to have been no serious damage or casualties.
MANILA: An offshore earthquake measuring 6. 0 on the Richer scale struck eastern Philippines early Thursday morning, the government-run quake monitoring institute reported.
There is no immediate report of casualties or damages.
The quake, tectonic in origin, occurred at 02:49 am local time (1849 GMT Wednesday) and its center was located in the sea, about 156 km east of Virac, Cataduanes province with a depth of 31 km, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Read the rest of the story…
