MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A solid yet profound seismic tremor struck the northern Philippines early Friday evening yet caused no obvious harm.
Office laborers and understudies in the capital, Manila, quickly emptied their structures in the wake of feeling the modestly solid influencing and shaking.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said no harm was normal in light of the fact that the 6.3-size tremor struck at a profundity of 160 kilometers (99 miles). More profound epicenters frequently cause less harm at the Earth's surface, however they can be broadly felt.
The epicenter was 16 kilometers (10 miles) southwest of Batangas region's resort town of Nasugbu, which is around 65 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of Manila.
"I felt the shaking, however it didn't keep going that long," said Marjorie Caubalejo, a shoreline resort specialist in Nasugbu. She said she and her associates left their office when they felt the tremor, however the greater part of their visitors were swimming and did not see the seismic tremor. Power was not intruded on, she included
