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Moderate quake rattles Philippines, no damage

None | ByReuters, Manila
Mar 28, 2006 09:00 AM IST

The 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern island of Mindoro just before 8 am.

A moderate earthquake jolted the northern Philippines on Tuesday with lesser tremors felt in other parts of the country.

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But there was no immediate word of casualties or damage, officials said.

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The 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern island of Mindoro just before 8 am, with the epicentre near the town of San Jose in Mindoro Occidental.

"There were no immediate reports of any damage," said a spokesman for the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, but added that there was a risk of aftershocks.

Earthquakes occur frequently in the Philippines, which lies on a seismically active stretch of the Pacific Basin.

Early this month, a 5.0 magnitude tremor shook nearby Lubang island. In July 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale killed 1,600 on Luzon.

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