IANS | 04 May, 2024
An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 rocked
Leyte province in the central Philippines, the Philippine Institute of
Volcanology and Seismology said.
The institute said on Friday that
the quake, which occurred at 6:16 p.m. local time, hit at a depth of 8
km, about 32 km southeast of Dulag, a coastal town, Xinhua news agency
reported.
The institute added that the tectonic quake will trigger
aftershocks and cause damage. The tremor was also felt in some parts of
the province.
The archipelagic Philippines has frequent seismic activities due to its location along the Pacific "Ring of Fire".