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Eastern Philippines Hit by 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake – US Geological Survey

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The eastern Philippines’ province of Surigao del Norte was hit on Friday by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake, the US Geological Survey said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The tremors were registered at 14:03 GMT about 10 kilometers (over 6 miles) northeast of the town of Mabua.

​The epicenter of the earthquake was located at the depth of 27.9 kilometers.

There are no reports about damages and casualties.

The Philippines is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffer from powerful earthquakes.

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