Two moderate earthquakes hit northern Philippines before dawn Wednesday without causing casualty or damage, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
A magnitude-4.8 quake was recorded at 5:48 a.m. local time (2148 GMT Tuesday) in Dinapigui town in Isabela province. The quake was tectonic in origin and its epicenter was 21 kilometers northeast of Dinapigui, said Phivolcs.
A magnitude-4.2 quake, also of tectonic in origin, was recorded at 12:38 a.m. local time (1638 GMT) with its epicenter traced 102 kilometers east of Cauayan in Isabela, said Philvocs.
Source:Xinhua
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