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Magnitude 4.2 quake rocks Batanes

Jack Castaño - The Philippine Star
October 5, 2018 | 12:00am

BASCO, Batanes, Philippines –  A magnitude 4.2 earthquake jolted this province at around  6:11 a.m. yesterday.

Roxanne Blacer of the Philippine Institute of  Volcanology and Seismology office here said the quake, which was tectonic in origin, had a depth of 34 kilometers.

The epicenter of the tremor was located 11 kms southeast of Uyugan town.       

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PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY
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