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Quake hits parts of Eastern Visayas

Ghio Ong, Helen Flores - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - A magnitude – 5.5 earthquake hit parts of Eastern Visayas yesterday but no damage or injury was reported, state seismologists said.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tremor occurred at 8:25 a.m. Its epicenter was located 79 kilometers northeast of Hernani town in  Eastern Samar.

It was felt at Intensity 1 in Tacloban City in Leyte and Catbalogan City in Samar.

Phivolcs said no aftershocks were expected from the quake.

AFTERSHOCKS

CITY

EASTERN

EASTERN SAMAR

EASTERN VISAYAS

LEYTE AND CATBALOGAN CITY

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY

PHIVOLCS

SAMAR

TACLOBAN CITY

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