An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck Thursday off the southern coast of Luzon, in the northern Philippines, without damage or a tsunami warning.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which monitors seismic activity around the world, said the quake struck at a depth of 124 kilometers off the southwest coast of Luzon at 10:19 a.m. (03:19 a.m.). of Lisbon).
The epicenter was recorded off the coast of Calatagan, in the province of Batangas, about 100 kilometers southwest of the capital, Manila, where it was felt strongly.
The head of the Calatagán Police, Emil Mendoza, said that, so far, no victims or material damage have been reported, but the authorities in charge of disaster management have been deployed to assess the balance of the earthquake.
Calatagan disaster manager Ronald Torres said the quake lasted between 30 seconds and a minute, and was felt in Manila, where residents fled into the streets.
The Philippine archipelago is located on the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, an area of great seismic and volcanic activity where around 7,000 earthquakes are recorded a year, most of them moderate.
In October, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the northern Philippines, injuring several people in the city of Dolores, in the mountainous province of Abra. Several buildings were damaged and the power supply was interrupted in most of the area.
Months earlier, in July, 11 people died and several hundred were injured, after a magnitude 7 earthquake that also struck the province of Abra, causing landslides and cracks in the ground.
Source: TSF
