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Magnitude 4.4 quake shakes Manila, no damage reported



Associated Press
Last updated 09:42am (Mla time) 11/14/2006


A 4.4-MAGNITUDE earthquake shook the Philippine capital Tuesday but no damage or casualties were reported.

"We expect possible aftershocks but no damage," Renato Solidum, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, told GMA Network radio dzBB.

He said the epicenter of the undersea quake was 61 kilometers (38 miles) northwest of Mamburao, the capital of Mindoro Occidental province, located 170 kilometers (106 miles) southwest of Manila.

He said there was no danger of a tsunami.

The Philippine archipelago is located in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire," where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.