Magnitude 5.4 quake jolts waters off Eastern Samar

  MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolted waters off Eastern Samar Wednesday morning, the state seismologists reported.  READ: Phivolcs Modernization Act to boost disaster monitoring capabilities According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the tremor, which was tectonic of origin, occurred at 6:58 a.m. The quake’s epicenter was located 42