WORLD : 6.9 Quake Shakes Philippines; 22 Injured; Tidal Wave Feared
A strong earthquake rocked the central Philippines today, swaying buildings, injuring at least 22 people and raising fears of a tidal wave.
The earthquake, the most severe in the region in nearly half a century, had a magnitude of 6.9, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Menlo Park, Calif., office.
One aftershock measured 6.6. Philippine officials measured 20 aftershocks.
The quake was centered near Camiguin Island, about 450 miles southeast of Manila, said Bart Bautista, a seismologist of the Philippine Institute of Vulcanology and Seismology.
The earthquake was also felt on Cebu and Negros islands, about 140 miles north of Camiguin, and on the northern tip of Mindanao island, Bautista said.
He said the area is located along a fault line.
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