By Liza Soriano
MANILA — Senators, office staff, and employees of the Senate vacated the office building in haste Tuesday afternoon after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck in Occidental Mindoro.
The temblor was also felt in many parts of Metro Manila and Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon).
According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday.
The tectonic quake struck at 4:23 p.m. and had a depth of focus of 79 kilometers.
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