Magnitude 3.0 earthquake hits remote Quezon island town

LUCENA CITY — A magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded on the island municipality of Jomalig in Quezon province before dawn on Friday, December 12. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the tectonic tremor struck at 1:51 a.m., with its epicenter located 40 kilometers northeast of the town and at a shallow