Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes southern Philippines
A robust earthquake with 6.3 magnitude struck the southern province of Davao del Sur within the Philippines on Sunday, with harm and aftershocks anticipated, the nation’s seismology company stated.
The earthquake was initially recorded at magnitude 6 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences earlier stated.
The Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) stated it recorded the depth at 15 km, including that the earthquake was tectonic.
The Southeast Asian nation is on the geologically energetic Pacific Ring of Fire and experiences frequent earthquakes, significantly within the south.
