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Source; THE AS­SO­CI­AT­ED PRESS

A strong off­shore earth­quake with a pre­lim­i­nary mag­ni­tude of 6.9 shook the cen­tral Philip­pines late Tues­day, send­ing peo­ple dash­ing out in­to streets, dam­ag­ing a stone church and prompt­ing a lo­cal tsuna­mi warn­ing.

The earth­quake was cen­tred about 17 kilo­me­tres (10 miles) north­east of Bo­go city in Ce­bu province.