Philippines raises quake magnitude to 7.1 from 6.5


The Philippines’ seismology agency said in an advisory the deep offshore quake is not expected to create damage but aftershocks were expected. -SCREENGRAB FROM EARTHQUAKE.USGS

MANILA: The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology revised the magnitude of the offshore earthquake that rattled Sultan Kudarat province in the southern Philippines on Thursday (July 11) morning to 7.1 from 6.5.

The institute initially reported the earthquake, which occurred at 10.13am local time, as magnitude 6.5.

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