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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. 7 p1 s+ q6 v, [% S+ X: Z/ b
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. * v6 s6 B1 D! I( W
It struck in the South China Sea off the west coast of Mindoro island at 2:23 p.m. local (0623 GMT).
/ h) B5 w2 x! X* uLocal 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 ~3 Y2 t' g$ X0 P( @* n& k"It would have to be at least 6.5 magnitude to generate a tsunami," he said over local radio.
[5 V- s+ c$ JThe earth's disturbance occurred about 50.1 kilometers (31.1 miles) beneath the surface, according to a U.S. Geological Survey advisory. + Y: r; F0 D* E3 P s
It gave the center at a spot about 30 kilometers off Calintaan, a western Mindoro town of 24,000 people.) v# y# ^* M9 W- i% G0 X
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