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eage: itZ Date: JAU. fz" 20Lf -- F.9-qudEs s nentZ,antbales CITY-Many residentsrushed outside ialban in Rizal; Hagonoy and $,ONCnpO Obando in ; DaguPan CitY tHeir houseswhen they felt the ground shakingat and Lingayen in Pangasinan; In- giSZ a.m. in San Antonio, ,said Erwell darig and Kawit in Cavite; Bacolo4 barangaychair of Pundaquit. Angeles City and Clark, ; $dernas, Mariveles in , and Pakil and i1:the uemor was stro4g enough cil, saidher officehad not received Los Bafiosin Laguna. tdirouse almost all,us here from, reports of any earthquake-related Other areas that felt the earth- sGpp.Sincewelivenearthesea,in- damagein the province on Sun- quake, at Intensity 3 were lagaytay sdlrct prompted us to rush outside dalr City; San Miguel, ; Bale4 Au- otit homes.andfind a safe place," Macabaresaid residentsof San rorq; Gapan, , and San- hdsaid. Antonio did no! report any damage ta Barbara, Pangas-inan. The earthquake that occurred to their housesor governmentand The earthquakewas felt at Inten- at 3:32 a.rn. Sunday measured privatestructuresinthetown. sity 2 or was only slightly felt in magnitud€5.9 (with 1 the lowest, The National Grid Corp..of the Baguio City, Batangas City and and 10'the highest),according to PhiliFpines(NGC?) said its power Puerto Galera, Oriental.Mindoro. the Philippine Institute of Vol- trahsmission services remained canology and Seismology normaldespitettreearthquake. ruiffiffiffitr#l:#sl (Phivolcs). "Ihc grid remains Since ttie epicenter was located astherehasbeennoreportedcases 30 kilometers southr,riest of San An- of power intemlptions or damag6d killshiker tonio, tremgrs were felt at Intensity $ansmission facilities in Zambales, Recently'a'boulder the. size of a 5 .in the towns of San Antoiio, Bataanandnearbyareaswherethe car fell ftirm a cliff on Capones Trs' Botolan, Subic, San Felipe dnd San earthquake was felt," the NGCP land in San fuitonio and killed a Narciso and Olongapo City in Zam- said in a statement. hiker. bales province. Local authorities said a tremor sadlemassaid that despitethe Strong intensity that shook the cliff on Dec. 31 ground shaking in their coastal vil- Describing the severity of. the could have caused a section to col- iage, the earthquake did not leave shaking, with Inten$iry 10 as'tom- lapse. cracksontheirwalls. pletely devastatfig" Phivolcs Said With another earthquake strik- The tremor was followed by a an Intensity 5 earthquake was ing San Antoirio, Sademas said he 2.3-magnitude earthquake at, "strong." would ask town officiais to warn 5:08 a.m., also in San Antonio, the The earthquake was felt at Inten- tourists against going to the area on Phivolcs said. That earthquake's sity4or"moderatelystrong"inPa- Capones island where the rock epicenter was 20 kn soutlwest of teros, Pasig, Manila, Quezon City, siide happened on Jan. 1. . Reports the town. Makati, Parafiaque, Malabon and from Allan Macotruro, Tonette Gracela Macabare, head of the Pasaycities.inMetroManila. Orejas anil Anselmo Roque, In- Zambales Provincial Disaster Risk It was also felt at Intensity 4 in qubai Central Ltaon; and Dona ReductionandManagementCoun- San Mateo, Binangonan and Mon- Z. Pazzibugwr in M anila'

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