MANILA: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday (Dec 15), geologists said, the same area struck by a string of deadly tremors in October.
People rushed from homes and restaurants set swaying by the strong jolt south of the populous city of Davao and the Philippine Institue of Volcanology and Seismology said it was expecting damage.
The Philippines suffers regular tremors as part of the Pacific"Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches from Japan through South-East Asia and across the Pacific basin. Tens of thousands of people were forced into shelters by the string of tremors, the government said, either because their homes were damaged or they were too afraid to return.
However, other fatalities were attributed to rock and landslides unleashed by the violent shaking that injured at least 400 people.
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