Earthquake shakes Batangas
MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Batangas on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
The earthquake was recorded at 6:48 a.m. some five kilometers southwest of Calatagan town.
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Phivolcs said that the earthquake was of tectonic origin, and had a 135-kilometer depth of focus.
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Phivolcs earlier measured the earthquake at magnitude 4.5. It was later upgraded to magnitude 4.8.
State seismologists said that the earthquake was also felt at Instrumental Intensity I in Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro and Plaridel, Bulacan.
No aftershocks or damage to infrastructure were expected from the earthquake, Phivolcs said.
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