5.9-magnitude offshore earthquake jolts southern Philippines

MANILA, April 19 (Xinhua): An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The institute said the quake, which occurred at 9:23am local time, hit at a depth of 49 kilometres, about 54 kilometres southeast of Manay town in the province.