WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck off a coastal town in Masbate on Monday morning, state seismologists said. The tectonic earthquake occurred 40 kilometers southwest of Claveria town at 8:53 a.m., with a shallow depth of seven kilometers, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said instrumental intensities were
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