MANILA (Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the central Philippines on Thursday, the country’s seismology agency said.
The offshore quake had a depth of 10 km (6 miles) and was off the town of San Francisco in Leyte province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said in a bulletin.
The agency warned of damage and aftershocks from the shallow tremor.
Police major Barnie Capig, the town’s police chief, said the tremor was brief but strong.
“It was strong, some of the picture frames in our shelves fell off,” Capig said by phone.
Capig said there were no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake.
Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which is located in the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire”, where volcanic activity and earthquakes frequently occur.
(Reporting by Mikhail Flores; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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