Four earthquakes hit Philippines

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Four earthquakes hit Philippines

IANS | Jul 12, 2011, 07.52am IST

MANILA: Four earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 5 to 6.2 on the Richter

Scale hit Philippines early Tuesday, Xinhua reported.

The tremblors hit Philippines' Negros Occidental province, with the latest

taking place at 6.49 am local time with depth of 33.9 km from the ground

surface.

The strongest quake occurred at 4.47 am on Tuesday at 83 km west of Cauayan City

in Negro Occidental province in central Philippines.

The other two quakes measured at 5.5 and 5.7 magnitude shortly after 5 am on

Tuesday. No casualties were reported.