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A strong quake struck at sea off the central Philippines on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, seismologists said.
6 [4 S8 L/ l4 K+ t, w) s! @The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at 6.0, while the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) put it at 6.1. ) j' n! W! {- ?* U3 i% l8 \5 j
It struck in the South China Sea off the west coast of Mindoro island at 2:23 p.m. local (0623 GMT).
% O$ n! L! o! j2 v; Z" rLocal seismologist Ismael Narag said the quake generated enough potential power to unleash big waves, but added that the authorities did not think it was capable of triggering a tsunami so Phivolcs issued no warning. , f& d+ P! E. P5 U& m
"It would have to be at least 6.5 magnitude to generate a tsunami," he said over local radio. . b( r6 B5 J3 J, v+ R; i+ w% n5 z
The earth's disturbance occurred about 50.1 kilometers (31.1 miles) beneath the surface, according to a U.S. Geological Survey advisory.
' o g7 x0 V+ g0 d( q7 y2 m$ E- DIt gave the center at a spot about 30 kilometers off Calintaan, a western Mindoro town of 24,000 people.
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