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Mild quake rocks Batanes

Ghio Ong, Helen Flores - The Philippine Star
March 23, 2015 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - A magnitude-3.9 earthquake rattled parts of Batanes yesterday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

The quake, which occurred at 7:11 a.m., was located 41 kilometers southeast of Uyugan town.

It was felt at Intensity 4 in Basco, Mahatao, Ivana and Uyugan, all in Batanes.

Phivolcs said no aftershock was expected from the quake. 

 

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