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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.
0 X Z$ ]4 s% d+ k6 v0 PThe 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: v- b" e% m
It struck in the South China Sea off the west coast of Mindoro island at 2:23 p.m. local (0623 GMT).
* _5 v* V4 e8 i; g) 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.
: w9 X/ d: l4 W+ N7 u4 Z"It would have to be at least 6.5 magnitude to generate a tsunami," he said over local radio. / K" I% i, Y$ L- ?+ h- A: k, ~
The earth's disturbance occurred about 50.1 kilometers (31.1 miles) beneath the surface, according to a U.S. Geological Survey advisory. , D8 _5 x7 U" } [. @
It gave the center at a spot about 30 kilometers off Calintaan, a western Mindoro town of 24,000 people." M" Y0 H' f8 M0 [2 J1 l) |' }
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