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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. , b x3 ]+ ` p) b K3 {3 w
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.
( `2 |$ Y$ x+ }2 R& k# PIt struck in the South China Sea off the west coast of Mindoro island at 2:23 p.m. local (0623 GMT).
0 ^% A% n/ D. b+ ]1 z5 KLocal 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 D0 E* U5 c! K" n9 j' _, {
"It would have to be at least 6.5 magnitude to generate a tsunami," he said over local radio.
' k$ g5 w. p! v' y' z" F! c$ NThe earth's disturbance occurred about 50.1 kilometers (31.1 miles) beneath the surface, according to a U.S. Geological Survey advisory.
2 H+ h6 y$ G& V& k FIt gave the center at a spot about 30 kilometers off Calintaan, a western Mindoro town of 24,000 people.- I0 O3 |: f. B. o: G& X
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