6.5-magnitude Quake Hits Central Philippine Island: USGS

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 06, 2017 | 02:00 PM

MANILA, July 6, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Jul, 2017 ) A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the central Philippines Thursday, US seismologists said, revising an earlier figure of 6.9.

The quake hit at a depth of around six kilometers (four miles), on the central island of Leyte, the US Geological Survey said.

There was no immediate warning of a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

Large parts of the island of Leyte were devastated by super typhoon Haiyan in November 2013. Huge tsunami-like waves devastated the city of Tacloban and nearby areas, leaving 7,350 people dead or missing. The Philippines lies on the so-called Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where many of Earth's quakes and volcanic eruptions occur.