MANILA, Philippines – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake was recorded off Batanes late Thursday evening, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The temblor was detected at 9:48 p.m., with its epicenter traced some 50 kilometers northeast of the town of Itbayat. The earthquake was tectonic in origin and had a depth of focus of 10 kilometers, Phivolcs said in the first earthquake bulletin. No intensities have so far been reported.

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