Magnitude 5 quake jolts Catanduanes

SCREENGRAB from earthquake.usgs.gov

MANILA, Philippines—A magnitude 5 earthquake struck off Catanduanes at 12:16 a.m. Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.

The moderate quake centered ‎six kilometers south of Gigmoto and had a depth of 53.98 kilometers.

Only in May this year, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit the northern shores of Catanduanes. The tremor’s epicenter was at 93 kilometers northwest of Pandan town and was tectonic in origin.

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

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