Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits off Masbate coastal town

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck off a coastal town in Masbate on Monday morning, state seismologists said. The tectonic earthquake occurred 40 kilometers southwest of Claveria town at 8:53 a.m., with a shallow depth of seven kilometers, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said instrumental intensities were