Quake hits RP province

Quake hits RP province

MANILA (DPA): A strong earthquake struck the Philippines' northernmost province of Batanes on Sunday, collapsing homes and triggering a landslide but no casualties.

The tremor, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, was not felt in other areas, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

Phivolcs said the quake's epicenter was located 30 kilometers southeast of the town of Basco in Batanes, an isolated province at the northern tip of the country.

The earthquake toppled a church bell tower, collapsed several old houses, damaged a water pipeline and triggered a minor landslide at the western slope of Mount Iraya in the province.