earthquakes hit Philippines

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2019-07-27
The Philippines
Earthquake

Eight people were killed after back-to-back earthquakes struck the northern Philippines Saturday morning, according to CNN Philippines, citing a disaster official.

Roldan Escudil, Batanes provincial disaster risk reduction and management council chief, provided early details about the quakes in a radio interview.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Batanes archipelago, the US Geological Survey reported.
About 20 minutes later, a second quake hit the same area near Itbayat at a magnitude of 4.5.

Source: CNN. July 27, 2019. Chandler Thornton. Eight killed after earthquakes hit Philippines. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/26/asia/philippines-earthquakes/index.html