Earthquake hits south of Philippine capital Manila and prompts evacuations

A USGS ‘shakemap’ of the magnitude-5.9 earthquake in the Philippines on Dec. 5. - Phopto from USGS via Bloomberg

MANILA (Bloomberg): A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck south of the Philippine capital, prompting evacuations and halting trains in Manila.

The epicenter of the tectonic quake, which hit around 4:24pm local time, was located east of Occidental Mindoro province, according to the South-East Asian nation’s seismology institute.