HONG KONG, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Samar of the Philippines at about 1101 GMT Saturday, the Hong Kong Observatory said in a bulletin.

    The epicenter was initially determined by the Hong Kong Observatory to be at 11.7 degrees north latitude and 125.9 degrees east longitude, or near Samar, about 150 km east-southeast of Calbayog.

    There has been no casualty reported so far.