MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) — An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale on Thursday jolted Luzon, Philippines at 11:49 a.m. local time (0349 GMT), the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 52.70 km, was initially determined to be at 15.2125 degrees north latitude and 119.8366 degrees east longitude.
