Shallow quakes tend to cause more damage than deeper ones, but there have been no immediate reports of damage.
The shallow quake hit around 9pm about 120km from Catanduanes Island, off the main island of Luzon, the US Geological Survey said.
But the state seismological agency said the quake had caused a"minor sea-level disturbance" and warned tsunami waves of less than a metre high above normal tides would reach Catanduanes and Samar islands.Local disaster officers have been instructed to"ask those living near the sea to evacuate first to higher ground," said Luis Surtida, Catanduanes provincial disaster officer.
Obo said he was at home when the quake struck. He waited until the building stopped shaking before joining his neighbours outside.Police Corporal Rodin Balcueva said the quake was"quite strong" in Pandan municipality, on the northern tip of Catanduanes.Quakes are a regular occurrence in the Philippines, which sits along the Pacific"Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic and volcanic activity that stretches from Japan through South-East Asia and across the Pacific basin.
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