Huge 6.1-magnitude earthquake smashes Philippines hours after Hawaii quake
A MASSIVE earthquake has struck the Philippines just hours after Hawaii was hit by huge tremors.
By Rachel O’Donoghue
DailyStar.co.uk
5th May 2018
The quake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rattled the Catanduanes province early this morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) said.
The tremor struck around 2.19pm local time (7.19am GMT), with its epicentre around 69km northwest of Pandan, Catanduanes.
Tremors were felt miles away from its epicentre, with residents in the municipalities of Guinayangan, Quezon and Sorsogon City experiencing powerful shaking.
Although no major damage is expected to buildings, locals have been warned of strong aftershocks.
Tremors were even felt as far as the country’s capital, Manila.
It comes just hours after Hawaii was hit by a 6.9-magnitude quake.
The Hawaii quake struck just south of where the Island’s Kilauea volcano has been spewing flows of lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the strongest tremor was at 12.32pm local time (11.32pm GMT) and was capable of causing major damage.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake, whose epicentre was on the south flank of the volcano, was not large enough to cause a tsunami although it generated sea level changes around the island of up 15.7 inches.
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