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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.
, {; J6 ?3 T- R0 k! n& `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.
1 m! X7 Z6 J& j& J' s; _: fIt struck in the South China Sea off the west coast of Mindoro island at 2:23 p.m. local (0623 GMT).
6 O& Y# G0 A |- A1 k# bLocal 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. & n- v# v" ~. p( c2 @
"It would have to be at least 6.5 magnitude to generate a tsunami," he said over local radio.
6 K5 F# i2 P- i4 gThe earth's disturbance occurred about 50.1 kilometers (31.1 miles) beneath the surface, according to a U.S. Geological Survey advisory. . r# X/ q9 q1 j/ \9 N/ U1 W
It gave the center at a spot about 30 kilometers off Calintaan, a western Mindoro town of 24,000 people.5 w2 \8 @0 e- w
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