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QC shakes after 5.3 quake in Quezon

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AN intensity 3 earthquake was felt in Quezon City in the National Capital Region on Wednesday morning when a magnitude 5.3 earthquake rocked Jomalig, Quezon.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said of tectonic origin, the quake jolted Jomalig at 7:16 a.m. with a depth of one kilometer. Another quake of magnitude 4.9 also hit the town at 7:55 a.m.

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Intensity 4 was recorded in Polillo, Quezon; intensity 3 in Guinayangan, Alabat, Tagkawayan, Calauag, and Panukulan, Quezon; Makati City and Quezon City in Metro Manila, and intensity 2 in Lopez and Gumaca, Quezon.

Phivolcs said there was no reported damage to properties. Expect no aftershocks, it added. 

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