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    5.9 magnitude quake strikes Philippines’ Leyte island



    MANILA: A 5.9-magnitude quake Monday rocked a central Philippine island still reeling from a deadly tremor last week, though there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, seismologists said.

    The US Geological Survey said the moderately strong quake struck Leyte island near Ormoc, a city of about 200,000 people, at 9:41 am (0141 GMT) at a relatively shallow depth of 12.7 kilometres (eight miles).

    A 6.5 quake stuck the region on Thursday last week, killing two people and leaving 72 others injured.

    Large areas of Leyte, home to some 1.75 million people, and some parts of the central Philippines were still without electricity this week due to damage to a Leyte power plant.

    The Philippines lies on the so-called Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.--AFP

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    Luckily no one was injured. Strange grid system. One would think major islands would have their own power plants and the ability to "island" oneself from the rest of the grid. Makes me curious as to the actual layout there. Thanks for the news and information though it's rather sad.

    It must suck to be in the dark. No pun intended for any of our astute TD members.

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    5.9 leaves a good shaking, but not too strong. Hope the workers get the electricity & other functions up & running soon.

    I haven't been to Leyte island, but my dad (RIP) used to go there for work when I was a kid. He used to bring back chocolate/cacao tablets (tablea), that we would boil & make drinks of. Ahh, good memories.

    My office had a fire & EQ drill a few weeks ago. Hope that "the big one" won't be anytimesoon. I live/work close to the West Valley fault. Oh well...

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