A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted a western Philippine province and the capital on Monday, but no major damage has been reported so far, government seismologists said.
The quake struck at 5:05 am (2105 GMT) with an epicentre located off Lubang town in Occidental Mindoro province, 76 kilometres southwest of Manila, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
It was felt in different intensities in the capital region of Metro Manila, the nearby provinces of Batangas and Cavite and as far as the province of Zambales, 83 kilometres north of Lubang, Phivolcs said.
More than 40 aftershocks have been recorded since the quake, the strongest of which had a mag
The Philippines is located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where about 90 per cent of the world’s earthquakes take place.
A 7.1-magnitude quake that killed more than 220 people in the central Philippines in October 2013 was the last major quake to hit the country.
In July 1990, more than 2,400 people were killed on the northern island of Luzon in a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever to hit the country.
Source: GNA