Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off central Philippines: US Geological Survey

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MANILA: A 6.9-magnitude quake struck off the coast of central Philippines on Tuesday (Sept 30) evening, the US Geological Survey said, revising down its earlier reading of 7.0.

The epicentre of the quake was around 11 kilometres (seven miles) east-southeast of Calape, a municipality in Bohol province with a population of around 33,000 people.