MANILA: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted southern Philippines Friday (Oct 17), the United States Geological Survey said, a week after two powerful quakes hit the country.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, provincial rescuer Ralph Cadalena told AFP.
"We felt a sudden strong shake, but it was only for a very short time," Cadalena said.
The tremor struck near Dapa municipality in Surigao del Norte province at a depth of around 69 kilometres, USGS reported.
It came a week after two quakes of 7.4 and 6.7 magnitude shook the eastern section of the main Mindanao island, killing at least eight people.
These followed a magnitude 6.9 earthquake days earlier that killed 76 people and destroyed or damaged 72,000 houses in Cebu province in central Philippines, according to government figures.
Earthquakes are a near-daily occurrence in the Philippines, which is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through South-East Asia and across the Pacific basin.
An 8.0-magnitude quake off Mindanao island's southwest coast in 1976 unleashed a tsunami that left 8,000 people dead or missing, the Philippines' deadliest natural disaster. - AFP
