MANILA, OCT. 22, (BNA)--AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 4. 7 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE STRUCK MANY PARTS OF THE PHILIPPINES TODAY.
NO HUMAN OR FINANCIAL LOSSES WERE REPORTED. THE EARTHQUAKES EPICENTER WAS LOCATED NORTH-WEST OF BOAC TOWN IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE IN CENTRAL PHILIPPINES, THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY SAID. PEOPLE IN MANY PROVINCES IN SOUTHERN MANILA FELT THE TREMOR MEASURING 2 TO 3 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE. IT IS TO NOTE THAT THE PHILIPPINES, WHICH IS PART OF THE SO CALLED CIRCLE OF FIRE STRETCHING AROUND THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IS SUBJECT TO AROUND 10 EARTHQUAKES ON DAILY BASIS. HOWEVER, ONLY FEW ARE FELT. THE WORST TREMOR THAT EVER HIT THE PHILIPPINES WAS IN 1990 WHICH MEASURED 7. 7 DEGREES ON RICHTER SCALE AND KILLED 2000 PEOPLE ON SOUTHERN LUZON ISLAND. AOQ/ MT