A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the island province of Leyte in central Philippines on Friday, with damage and aftershocks expected, its seismology agency said.
\nThe German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) recorded the quake at a magnitude of 5.9 and said the depth was 10 km (6.21 miles).
\nThere were no immediate reports from Philippine authorities of damage or casualties caused by the offshore quake.
\nThe archipelago nation is in the Pacific \u201cRing of Fire,\u201d where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.
\n\u201cPeople panicked and rushed outside the mall,\u201d said Harold Giganto, a police officer in coastal Dulag town in Leyte, who was manning a checkpoint near a shopping mall when the earthquake struck.
\nGiganto said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and the tremor was \u201cquite strong\u201d.
\nA magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the island province of Leyte in central Philippines on Friday, with damage and aftershocks expected, its seismology agency said.
\nThe German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) recorded the quake at a magnitude of 5.9 and said the depth was 10 km (6.21 miles).
\nThere were no immediate reports from Philippine authorities of damage or casualties caused by the offshore quake.
\nThe archipelago nation is in the Pacific \u201cRing of Fire,\u201d where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.
\n\u201cPeople panicked and rushed outside the mall,\u201d said Harold Giganto, a police officer in coastal Dulag town in Leyte, who was manning a checkpoint near a shopping mall when the earthquake struck.
\nGiganto said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage and the tremor was \u201cquite strong\u201d.
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the island province of Leyte in central Philippines on Friday. The quake was recorded at a magnitude of 5.9 by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), with a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles). There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the offshore quake. The Philippines is located in the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” known for volcanic activity and earthquakes. People panicked and rushed outside buildings when the earthquake hit, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8575,924,3722,2464,4777,7040,118,1314,8842,1018,8843,834,184,5148,6074,3269,6305,18],"class_list":["post-10624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-authorities","tag-buildings","tag-casualties","tag-damage","tag-earthquake","tag-earthquakes","tag-fire","tag-injuries","tag-leyte","tag-mall","tag-pacific-ring-of-fire","tag-philippines","tag-police","tag-police-officer","tag-research","tag-strikes","tag-who","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n