4.3 quake jolts Bohol | Inquirer News

4.3 quake jolts Bohol

/ 04:32 PM December 29, 2013

MANILA, Philippines—A 4.3 earthquake shook Bohol Island at 4:21 p.m. Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

MANILA, Philippines—A 4.3 earthquake shook Bohol Island at 4:21 p.m. Sunday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The inland quake struck 59 kilometers northeast of the capital Tagbilaran City at a shallow depth of seven kilometers.

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Earlier at 3:06 p.m., Catbalogan City in Samar province was hit by a 2.4 magnitude quake.

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There were no immediate reports of damage or injury.

The Bohol tremor was felt at Intensity IV in Mandaue City.

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On October 15, a 7.1-magnitude quake struck underneath Bohol and flattened homes, schools, clinics and other vital infrastructure killing more than 220 people on the resort island and the nearby Cebu.

The Philippines sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” where continental plates collide causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity.

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