Strong 6.8 quake hits central Philippines

February 06, 2012 10:47

A strong 6.8 earthquake hit the central Philippines today but there was no danger of a widespread tsunami, seismologists said. The quake hit 70 km north of the city of Dumaguete on Negros Island at 11:49 am (local time) at a depth
of 46 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology measured it as 6.9 at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres centred in the sea off the city of La Carlota.

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