$cienceand Technology tflediaService llewsand ls$ues eage: itZ Date: JAU. fz" 20Lf -- F.9-qudEs s nentZ,antbales CITY-Many residentsrushed outside ialban in Rizal; Hagonoy and $,ONCnpO Obando in Bulacan; DaguPan CitY tHeir houseswhen they felt the ground shakingat and Lingayen in Pangasinan; In- giSZ a.m. in San Antonio, Zambales,said Erwell darig and Kawit in Cavite; Bacolo4 barangaychair of Pundaquit. Angeles City and Clark, PamPanga; $dernas, Mariveles in Bataan, 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, Tarlac; Bale4 Au- otit homes.andfind a safe place," Macabaresaid residentsof San rorq; Gapan, Nueva Ecija, 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 Luzon 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' ActualSize of Publishedarticle : l1 W X l3 H Source: " ,.,-r MediaValue in lieuof publicationcost : p Z 84 I e ' gE.