6.1-magnitude earthquake hits waters off southern Philippines

MANILA (Xinhua): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit waters off Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Friday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The institute said the quake, which occurred at 05:11pm local time (0911 GMT), hit at a depth of 105km, about 149km southeast of Governor Generoso.