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Sleeping resident jolted awake by magnitude 5.1 earthquake

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A sleeping resident was jolted awake as a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck her home in the Philippines this morning.

CCTV footage shows the mother sleeping in bed with her daughter when the tremors shook the family's house in Balayan town in Batangas province, in the early hours of Wednesday.

The terrified mother sat up while the furniture rattled in her room, just as an earthquake warning sounded on her phone. She hugged her daughter closer as the pair waited for the shaking to stop.

The Philippine Seismological Agency (Phivolcs) said the magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck just two kilometres southwest of Calaca City in Batangas at 12:43 am local time.

It was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) and was felt at Intensity III in the capital Metro Manila, some 135 kilometres (84 miles) away.

Phivolcs said damage and aftershocks were expected. There were no initial reports of injuries or casualties.

The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands inside the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' where the majority of Earth's volcano eruptions and earthquakes happen.

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