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Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes off Philippines’s Mindanao

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The Philippine seismology agency says it is not expecting damage but warns of aftershocks.

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The earthquake struck off the eastern shore of the island of Mindanao. (Wikimedia Commons pic)

MANILA:
An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the eastern shore of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10km, GFZ said.

The US Geological Survey pegged the magnitude at 6.8.

The US National Tsunami Warning Center said that there was no tsunami threat from the earthquake.

The Philippine seismology agency PHIVOLCS said in an advisory it was not expecting damage from the offshore quake, but warned of aftershocks.

The Philippines is in the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.

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