Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 25) — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook the Itbayat Island in Batanes Thursday night, state seismologists said.
The quake struck 50 kilometers north of Itbayat at 9:48 p.m. and had a depth of 10 km, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
Phivolcs added that damage and aftershocks are expected.
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