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No damage reported after major Philippine quake
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July 24, 2010, Saturday
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A major quake and two aftershocks struck off the southern Philippines today, Philippine officials said, but there were no initial reports of casualties or damage.
No tsunami warning was issued.
The aftershocks, recorded at 7.6 and 7.4 by the US Geological Survey, and the initial 7.3 quake occurred at considerable depths of between 576 and 617 km (358 to 383 miles) southwest of Cotabato on the southern island of Mindanao.
"The earthquake was too deep to generate waves and create damage," said Renato Solidum, head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. He said it was only felt at intensity 2 in most parts of Mindanao.
"The earthquake was not caused by movement in an active fault line, but by the sinking of the Moluccas plate. It has been sinking for some time, causing major tremors, but these were too deep to cause any damage. There's nothing to worry about."
He said the Philippine body had a different system of calculating magnitude and had reported the quake and aftershocks at 6.9, 6.8 and 6.7 respectively.
A quake of over 7.0 magnitude can cause widespread damage.
The earthquake struck at 6:08am (2208 GMT) about 103 km southwest of Cotabato. The two aftershocks occurred within just over an hour.
People in Cotabato, where the tremor was felt at intensity 2, were unaware of the quake.
"There was no shaking, I never felt anything," hotel worker Jap Rabino said. "It's business as usual."
No tsunami warning was issued.
The aftershocks, recorded at 7.6 and 7.4 by the US Geological Survey, and the initial 7.3 quake occurred at considerable depths of between 576 and 617 km (358 to 383 miles) southwest of Cotabato on the southern island of Mindanao.
"The earthquake was too deep to generate waves and create damage," said Renato Solidum, head of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. He said it was only felt at intensity 2 in most parts of Mindanao.
"The earthquake was not caused by movement in an active fault line, but by the sinking of the Moluccas plate. It has been sinking for some time, causing major tremors, but these were too deep to cause any damage. There's nothing to worry about."
He said the Philippine body had a different system of calculating magnitude and had reported the quake and aftershocks at 6.9, 6.8 and 6.7 respectively.
A quake of over 7.0 magnitude can cause widespread damage.
The earthquake struck at 6:08am (2208 GMT) about 103 km southwest of Cotabato. The two aftershocks occurred within just over an hour.
People in Cotabato, where the tremor was felt at intensity 2, were unaware of the quake.
"There was no shaking, I never felt anything," hotel worker Jap Rabino said. "It's business as usual."
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