Magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattles Philippines but no tsunami alert issued


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MANILA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua): An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The institute said the quake, which struck at 10:26 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 66 km, about 234 km southeast of Balut Island in Sarangani town.

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