A magnitude 5.8 earthquake (earlier report was magnitude 5.9) shook the province of Southern Leyte on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol said the tremor happened around 7:39 a.

A magnitude 5.8 quake occurred off the town of San Francisco in Southern Leyte province in the central region of Visayas at 7:39 a.m, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake followed four hours later that hit Siocon town in the southern Mindanao region.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the central Philippines near San Francisco in Leyte province. The tremor had a depth of 10 km and was brief yet strong, with minor disruptions reported. While immediate damage was absent,

MANILA: An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the central Philippines on Thursday (Jan 23), the country's seismology agency said. The offshore quake had a depth of 10km and was off the town of San Francisco in Leyte province,

An intensity III earthquake was felt in Cebu in the early morning hours of Thursday, January 16. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), this was after a magnitude 4.

MANILA -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 11:41 am local time, hit at a depth of 32 km, about 2 km southeast of Siocon town.

MANILA: A magnitude 5.8 quake struck off the central Philippines on Thursday (Jan 23), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, leaving cracks on buildings and houses.

The offshore quake had a depth of 10 km (6 miles) and was off the town of San Francisco in Leyte province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.