Moderate quakes strike Philippines
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A series of moderate earthquakes and aftershocks hit the Philippines early yesterday, with US geologists estimating the shallowest - a magnitude-5.1 tremor - at just one kilometre deep, but there were no initial reports of damage.
The first quake struck off the southern island of Mindanao, some 30 kilometres east-northeast of the city of Cortes, according to the USGS.
It was followed by at least six moderate aftershocks, the strongest a magnitude-5.3 that was four kilometres deep, the USGS said.
There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
