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Article posted: 8/31/2012 11:23 AM

Quake off Philippines spurs small tsunami; 1 dead

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Renato Solidum, head of the Philippine seismology agency, points to an area on a Philippine map where the epicenter of the earthquake happened during a press conference in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Friday Aug. 31, 2012. A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse and setting off small tsunami waves about 0.1-foot-high. Most coastal residents fled to high ground and power was knocked out in several cities.

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Filipino Engineer Ponzch Colleen Alcones watches the Automatic Earthquake Plotter as they continue to monitor actitivies at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Friday Aug. 31, 2012. A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse and setting off small tsunami waves about 0.1-foot-high. Most coastal residents fled to high ground and power was knocked out in several cities.

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    • Renato Solidum, head of the Philippine seismology agency, points to an area on a Philippine map where the epicenter of the earthquake happened during a press conference in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Friday Aug. 31, 2012. A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse and setting off small tsunami waves about 0.1-foot-high. Most coastal residents fled to high ground and power was knocked out in several cities.
    • Filipino Engineer Ponzch Colleen Alcones watches the Automatic Earthquake Plotter as they continue to monitor actitivies at the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology in suburban Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines on Friday Aug. 31, 2012. A 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of the Philippines late Friday, killing at least one person in a house collapse and setting off small tsunami waves about 0.1-foot-high. Most coastal residents fled to high ground and power was knocked out in several cities.
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