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PHILIPPINE-QUAKE
4.6-m earthquake strikes southern Philippines
MANILA, Sept. 25, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude struck
the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology said.
The institute said the earthquake, which struck at 12:12 p.m., hit at a
depth of 17 kilometers, about 31 km northeast of General Luna, a town in
Surigao Del Norte Province.
The institute said the tremor, which was tectonic in origin, will not cause
damage and no aftershocks are expected.
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