A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey mentioned, the most recent in a slew of robust quakes all concentrated in the identical space.
Monday’s earthquake hit simply earlier than 4:00 a.m. native time, (2000 GMT Sunday), at a depth of 30 kilometres (18 miles), some 72 kilometres northeast of Hinatuan municipality on Mindanao island.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which recorded the earthquake at a magnitude of 6.7, mentioned there was no danger of a tsunami.
Shortly after, one other 5.4 magnitude quake was registered by the USGS within the space, placing 28 kilometres east of Aras-asan at a depth of 43 kilometres.
Two folks had been killed and there was minor infrastructure harm after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the world on Saturday, with a number of aftershocks together with a 6.6 quake placing within the days since.
That temblor got here almost two weeks after a 6.7 magnitude quake hit Mindanao, killing a minimum of 9 folks, shaking buildings and inflicting a part of a shopping center ceiling to break down.
Quakes are a each day prevalence within the Philippines, which sits alongside the Pacific « Ring of Fire », an arc of intense seismic and volcanic exercise that stretches from Japan via Southeast Asia and throughout the Pacific basin.
Most are too weak to be felt by people.
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