Magnitude 4.9 earthquake jolts Eastern Samar, parts of Leyte

TACLOBAN CITY — A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Balangiga, Eastern Samar, shortly after midnight on Friday (July 10), shaking parts of Eastern Visayas but causing no reported damage, according to state seismologists. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tectonic earthquake occurred at 12:46 a.m. Its epicenter was