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Monday, January 12, 2009

Quake jolts Occidental Mindoro

By Ephraim Aguilar
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 15:12:00 01/12/2009
INQUIRER.net

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines -- A magnitude 3 earthquake shook Occidental Mindoro province 10:01 a.m. Monday, state seismologists said.

The earthquake, which was tectonic in origin, was located four kilometers east of Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro.

It was felt in the towns of Paluan, Mamburao and Puerto Galera.

No damage was recorded and no aftershocks were expected, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in Manila said.

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