Quake Fallout
The recent earthquake in Myanmar has once again un derscored the vulnerabilities of a region prone to seismic activity.
An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck Surigao del Sur province in the southern Philippines on Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.
The institute said the quake, which occurred at 6:22 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 9 km, about 66 km northeast of Lingig, a coastal town, Xinhua news agency reported.
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The tremor was also felt in many provinces in the Mindanao region, including Agusan del Sur, Davao de Oro, Davao City, Davao Occidental, and even some areas in the central Philippines.
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The institute said the tectonic quake will trigger aftershocks but will not cause damage.
The archipelagic Philippines has frequent seismic activities due to its location along the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.
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