Asia-Pacific
6.0-magnitude earthquake hits E. Philippines
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-28 10:35
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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.
The archipelago sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, the continental rim that surrounds the Pacific, and is frequently hit by earthquakes.
