Earlier tonight August 31, 2012 a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines particularly the provinces of Samar, Leyte and Surigao at 8:47 pm, Friday night. Epicenter happened in the Pacific Ocean about 100 kms off the coast of Guiuan in Samar Island. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology or PHILVOCS cause of earthquake…