Strong earthquake rocks Philippines
September 27th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi
There was an earthquake in Mindoro,Philippines with the magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake occured on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 03:09:13 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time ) and Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 11:09:13 AM at epicenter local time as reported by the U.S. Geological Survey.
The epicenter is 5 km (45 miles) WSW of Batangas, Luzon, Philippines,75 km (45 miles) W of Calapan, Mindoro, Philippines,145 km (90 miles) SSW of Manila, Philippines, 160 km (100 miles) S of Olongapo, Luzon, Philippines.
Previously, there was an earthquake on May 31, 2008 with a magnitude of 6.4 which hit the e Pacific Ocean off the northern Philippines but then the quake was also felt at outheastern Taiwan. Last there were no injury or any damage.
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