The quake struck at a depth of 2 km (1.24 miles). Read more at straitstimes.com.
PHILIPPINES – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.It was felt in Davao City, hometown of former President Rodrigo Duterte, the region’s civil disaster agency said on Facebook.
Photos and videos on social media showed people evacuating shopping malls and a university to open spaces in the city, while lights hanging in a church swayed.Damage and aftershocks were expected, the country’s seismology agency said in a report. The Philippines is prone to natural disasters and is located on the seismically active Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a band of volcanoes and fault lines that arcs round the edge of the Pacific Ocean, causing frequent earthquakes. REUTERS
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