A MAGNITUDE 6.0 earthquake jolted the island province of Masbate at 2:10 a.m. Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
A MAGNITUDE 6.0 earthquake jolted the island province of Masbate at 2:10 a.m. Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.The epicenter of the quake was located 11 kilometers southwest of Batuan town. It had a depth of 10 km, Phivolcs chief Teresito 'Toto' Bacolcol said.'Damage to property and aftershocks are possible from this latest tremor,' Bacolcol told The Manila Times.Work and classes were suspended in Masbate.
''So far we have not received reports of casualties, although there were cracks from the walls of some houses and a falling glass wall from a hotel,' he said.The 6.0 magnitude quake or 'mainshock' was preceded by the Dimasalang quake or 'foreshock,' Phivolcs said.Foreshocks are earthquakes that precede larger earthquakes in the same location.
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