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Magnitude 4.5 quake hits Panay, Negros islands


(Updated 12:25 a.m.) A magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook Panay and Negros islands in central Philippines at around 10:49 p.m. Friday. According to a report posted on the website of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) late Friday night, the quake's epicenter was at 10.71ºN,122.52ºE, or 3 km. N 77° W of Iloilo City, with a shallow depth estimated at about 22 km. 20100430T1448-M00D022-1 The reported intensities of the earthquake were Intensity IV in Mandurriao, Lemery and Jaro in Iloilo, and Intensity III in Bacolod City and several other locations in Negros Occidental, the Phivolcs report said. Earlier, firsthand rapid reports posted by readers of GMANews.TV's Facebook page late Friday night indicated that the earthquake was strong enough for people in Iloilo city to rush out of their homes, and was felt in nearby Guimaras island and in adjacent Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. Separate USGS report According to a separate report posted on the US Geological Survey website, the epicenter of the earthquake was estimated to be 15 kilometers northwest of Iloilo City in Panay island, at location 10.796°N, 122.471°E, with a +/- 30.3 km certainty. neic_vsbj_2 The depth of the earthquake directly beneath the epicenter was estimated by the USGS at 65.1 km, with a +/- 11.5 km certainty. - JV, GMANews.TV
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