6.6 earthquake strikes Philippines, no tsunami warning issued

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake jolted the coast of the Philippines on Tuesday at a depth of 9 kilometers, as per Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, CGTN reported.

No tsunami warning has been issued so far by the authorities.

Strong earthquake struck Philippine in February

In February, a strong earthquake rocked a central Philippine province, sending people out of their homes at night, prompting dozens of patients to be evacuated from a hospital and causing minor damage to a government coliseum and business establishments, officials said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage from the magnitude 6 quake that was set off by a local fault line at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), about 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) west of the coastal town of Batuan in Masbate province, officials said.

“The first jolt was really strong followed by shaking that woke me up and my baby,” Red Cross officer MJ Oxemer told The Associated Press by telephone from the provincial capital of Masbate city. “We could hear the rumbling of the ground.”

Dozens of patients from a Masbate provincial hospital were evacuated but later brought back after the quake caused some cracks in the three-story building. A part of the ceiling on a small government coliseum in Masbate city was also damaged, Dilao said.