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Tacloban City ? A 5.0-magnitude tremor hit parts of Eastern Visayas at 2:01 p.m. yesterday. The tremor was located 33 km southeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar. There were no reports of deaths, injury or damage to property.
The tremor was felt at Intensity 4 in Borongan and nearby towns in Eastern Samar; Intensity 3 in Tacloban City, Leyte and in Basey, Samar; and Intensity 2 in Jaro, Carigara, Baybay City, all in Leyte. Intensity 4 is strong enough to rock parked cars and swing objects inside a house. It is felt by most people indoors and some people outside. Intensity 3, on the other hand, is felt by many people indoors. It is strong enough to shake objects indoors but may not be felt outdoors. Intensity 2 is felt by people at rest.
The tremor has a depth of 43 km with the Philippine trench, a major fault line that runs along the eastern side of the country, as the source, according to Bobby Cañete of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
The Philippine Trench, also known as Philippine Deep, is a submarine trench on the floor of the Philippine Sea of the Western North Pacific Ocean, which is over 10,000 meters below sea level.
