By Gabriela Baron
Aftershocks from the magnitude 7.0 Abra quake last July 27, neared 5,000, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported Wednesday, Aug. 24.
As of 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, state volcanologists recorded a total of 4,916 tremors.
Phivolcs also plotted a total of 1,222 quakes.
Of the number, only 71 were felt.
The quakes ranged from magnitudes 1.4 to 5.1.
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