By Ephraim Aguilar
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 10:48:00 10/09/2008
INQUIRER.net
LEGAZPI CITY -- A 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook Bicol and Samar areas at dawn Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.
State seismologists located the 3:09 a.m. earthquake, which was tectonic in origin, 46 kilometers east of Sorsogon and was felt strongest in Legazpi City, Sorsogon City, and Irosin, Sorsogon.
It was also felt in Panganiban, Catanduanes; Catarman, Northern Samar; Catbalogan, Western Samar; and Borongan, Eastern Samar; Naga City, and at the Ligñon Hill in Daraga, Albay.
Phivolcs warned the public against the possible occurrence of aftershocks.
On Monday, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake also rocked Bicol and Eastern Visayas shortly after midnight.
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