6.5-magnitude quake hits central Philippine island: USGS

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the central Philippines today, US seismologists said, revising an earlier figure of 6.9.

The quake hit at a depth of around six kilometers (four miles), on the central island of Leyte, the US Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate warning of a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Marlon Tano, a Leyte farmer and journalist, told

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