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11/27/07, 01:25 PM
(Updated 12:43 p.m.) MANILA - A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook central and northern Luzon, including the Philippine capital, shortly after noon Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Buildings across Manila shook for several seconds.
In a phone interview with GMANews.TV, Jenjen de Ocampo, science research specialist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said the tremor measured 4.2 on the Richter Scale.
De Ocampo said the quake's epicenter was located 77 kilometers northwest of Lingayen, Pangasinan.
She said the quake was tectonic in origin and had a depth of 32 kilometers. The possible source of the earthquake was the Manila trench.
The quake was felt at intensity 3 in Manila and at intensity 2 in Quezon City, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte and Gapan Nueva Ecija, De Ocampo said.
Interviewed over QTV's Balintanghali, Phivolcs chief Renato Solidum said intensity 4 was felt in La Union.
Solidum said significant damages to property were not to be expected given the magnitude of the earthquake.
Buildings across Manila shook for several seconds.
In a phone interview with GMANews.TV, Jenjen de Ocampo, science research specialist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said the tremor measured 4.2 on the Richter Scale.
De Ocampo said the quake's epicenter was located 77 kilometers northwest of Lingayen, Pangasinan.
She said the quake was tectonic in origin and had a depth of 32 kilometers. The possible source of the earthquake was the Manila trench.
The quake was felt at intensity 3 in Manila and at intensity 2 in Quezon City, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte and Gapan Nueva Ecija, De Ocampo said.
Interviewed over QTV's Balintanghali, Phivolcs chief Renato Solidum said intensity 4 was felt in La Union.
Solidum said significant damages to property were not to be expected given the magnitude of the earthquake.