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HONG KONG: An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit off
the island of Luzon on Sunday, according to a bulletin released by
the Hong Kong Observatory.
The epicenter was initially determined to be
20.1-degrees north latitude and 121.3-degrees east longitude, about
220-kilometers north-northeast of Laoag.
The United States Geological Survey said the
depth of the earthquake was 22.4-kilometers under the seabed in the
Batan Islands region at 9:57 a.m., it said.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
Seismology said the quake had a magnitude of 6.3 with an epicentre
about 76 kilometres west of the Batan town of Basco.
The quake was felt strongly in Basco but was
barely noticeable in the northern provinces of Luzon, the institute
said, adding that aftershocks were expected.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or
damage.
-- AFP and Xinhua
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