Southern Philippine province rocked by more than 1,600 aftershocks

A villager walks beside a damaged house after an earthquake struck Hinatuan town, Surigao del Sur province on Dec 3, 2023. - AP

MANILA: More than 1,600 aftershocks have jolted a southern Philippine province following a magnitude-7.4 earthquake that left at least one dead and hundreds of houses and buildings damaged, officials said on Monday (Dec 4).

The aftershocks included a magnitude-6.8 quake that struck at 3:49am on Monday (1949 GMT Sunday) in Cagwait town in Surigao del Sur province, about 100km from Hinatuan town, the epicentre of Saturday’s tremor.