Strong quake shakes Mindoro, Metro Manila
By Katherine Evangelista, Alcuin Papa
Agence France-Presse, INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 13:38:00 03/25/2010
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 5) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook northern Mindoro island at 1:29 p.m. Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
The undersea quake was felt in Metro Manila, causing office workers to rush out of buildings, but authorities said there were no immediate reports of damage.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology put the magnitude at 5.9.
The tectonic quake was located 27 kilometers west of Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro and 135 kilometers southwest of Manila. It had a shallow depth of 11 kilometers.
Office workers rushed out of their buildings in Manila's Makati financial district, while government employees across town hid under their tables, radio reports said.
"It felt very strong. We're on the 10th floor of the building, and we felt we were being rocked for about a minute," said Elaine Francisco, an executive with an advertising company in Makati.
"We opened the door and prepared to go out, but it ended just when about we were going to go."
Francisco said others in the lower floors of the building fled their offices, but returned when it became clear the structure was safe.
Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum said the quake was felt in varying intensities in suburbs around the capital of 12 million people as well as in nearby provinces.
Intensity 5 was felt in Looc in Romblon and Lubang Island; Intensity 4 in Quezon City, Mandaluyong, Makati and Clark, Pampanga; Intensity 3 in Rosario, Cavite, Clark in Pampanga; Bagac, Bataan and Canlubang, Laguna; and Intensity 2 in Puerto Galera, Oriental, Mindoro, said Janilla De Ocampo of the Phivolcs Seismology Division.
But more than an hour after the quake, Manila's Office of Civil Defense and police said there had not yet been any reports of damage.
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By Katherine Evangelista, Alcuin Papa
Agence France-Presse, INQUIRER.net, Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 13:38:00 03/25/2010
MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE 5) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook northern Mindoro island at 1:29 p.m. Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
The undersea quake was felt in Metro Manila, causing office workers to rush out of buildings, but authorities said there were no immediate reports of damage.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology put the magnitude at 5.9.
The tectonic quake was located 27 kilometers west of Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro and 135 kilometers southwest of Manila. It had a shallow depth of 11 kilometers.
Office workers rushed out of their buildings in Manila's Makati financial district, while government employees across town hid under their tables, radio reports said.
"It felt very strong. We're on the 10th floor of the building, and we felt we were being rocked for about a minute," said Elaine Francisco, an executive with an advertising company in Makati.
"We opened the door and prepared to go out, but it ended just when about we were going to go."
Francisco said others in the lower floors of the building fled their offices, but returned when it became clear the structure was safe.
Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum said the quake was felt in varying intensities in suburbs around the capital of 12 million people as well as in nearby provinces.
Intensity 5 was felt in Looc in Romblon and Lubang Island; Intensity 4 in Quezon City, Mandaluyong, Makati and Clark, Pampanga; Intensity 3 in Rosario, Cavite, Clark in Pampanga; Bagac, Bataan and Canlubang, Laguna; and Intensity 2 in Puerto Galera, Oriental, Mindoro, said Janilla De Ocampo of the Phivolcs Seismology Division.
But more than an hour after the quake, Manila's Office of Civil Defense and police said there had not yet been any reports of damage.
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