A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the southern province of Davao del Sur in the Philippines on Sunday, the country's seismology agency has reported. Damage and aftershocks are anticipated following the tectonic event.
The Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Philvolcs) recorded the earthquake at a depth of 15 kilometres, revising the initial magnitude of 6.0 reported by the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences. The GFZ had earlier placed the depth at 10 kilometres.
The Philippines lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geologically active region prone to frequent earthquakes, particularly in the south. In January, a powerful earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines, though it was too deep under the sea to cause major damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
That quake, initially reported as magnitude 7.2 and later downgraded to 6.8, struck near the Indonesian Talaud Islands. Weeks earlier, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit West Sulawesi, Indonesia.
