6.1 earthquake hits southern Philippines, no significant damage reported- second in a week

A robust 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of the Philippines on Saturday, in line with the United States Geological Survey (USGS).The quake occurred at a depth of 101 kilometres and was positioned roughly 70 kilometres from the closest level in Davao Occidental province.There have been no speedy stories of casualties or significant damage.“The shake was not that strong, but the tables and computers here at the office shook for (about five seconds),” Marlawin Fuentes, a provincial rescuer from the tiny island of Sarangani, informed AFP.This is the second earthquake in the Philippines this week. On Tuesday, a 6.2 magnitude quake struck the northern a part of the nation.The Philippines experiences frequent seismic exercise resulting from its location alongside the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a main space in the basin of the Pacific Ocean the place many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions happen. While most quakes are too weak to be felt, stronger and extra harmful ones can strike with out warning, and there may be at the moment no expertise able to precisely predicting them.