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Quake jolts parts of Leyte

Charlie Lagasca, Helen Flores - The Philippine Star
January 27, 2014 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - A minor earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 jolted parts of Leyte yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

The tremor occurred at 10:41 a.m. with its epicenter located at eight kilometers southwest of Capoocan, Leyte and was felt at Intensity 3 in Carigara, Pastrana and Isabel towns and Intensity 2 in Barugo, Phivolcs said. 

The agency also recorded minor tremors in Ilocos Norte and Davao Oriental yesterday but these were “unfelt.”

BARUGO

CAPOOCAN

CARIGARA

ILOCOS NORTE AND DAVAO ORIENTAL

INTENSITY

LEYTE

MINOR

PASTRANA AND ISABEL

PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY

PHIVOLCS
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