A powerful 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines today, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), as local authorities warned of possible damage.
No tsunami alert was issued.
The underwater earthquake occurred 16 miles (26 kilometers) off Burias, on the island of Mindanao, in the far south of the Philippines, according to the USGS.
It happened at a depth of 78 kilometers at 4:14 p.m. local time (8:14 a.m. in Lisbon), according to the French agency AP.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology measured the earthquake at a magnitude of 7.2 and said it occurred only 10 kilometers deep, the US news agency AP reported.
Earthquakes at the Earth’s surface are more likely to cause damage to the Earth’s surface.
The Philippines regularly experiences earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’, an arc of seismic faults around the ocean.
Source: DN
