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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.
) F( d8 d8 T9 n2 f% i) eThe U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at 6.0, while the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) put it at 6.1.
1 G3 ]& J+ H; HIt struck in the South China Sea off the west coast of Mindoro island at 2:23 p.m. local (0623 GMT).
; ]" M4 Q+ w6 Z# C# `& WLocal 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. 9 v' o4 w6 a6 g' b' g
"It would have to be at least 6.5 magnitude to generate a tsunami," he said over local radio.
1 a8 @5 X6 _1 K4 r6 N g7 HThe earth's disturbance occurred about 50.1 kilometers (31.1 miles) beneath the surface, according to a U.S. Geological Survey advisory. # K3 p. b3 B9 D0 n+ v
It gave the center at a spot about 30 kilometers off Calintaan, a western Mindoro town of 24,000 people.
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