(Manila) A magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday morning off the coast of the Philippines, the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS) announced.
The natural phenomenon occurred at a depth of 70 km about 100 km southeast of Sarangani province, the USGS said.
The earthquake did not trigger a tsunami warning, according to the United States Tsunami Warning System.
This earthquake follows a series of powerful earthquakes and aftershocks off the island of Mindanao in early December in the south of the country, after a very strong earthquake of magnitude 7.6 at sea which had briefly triggered an alert to the tsunami.
At least three people were killed and 17 others were injured.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake then shook Manila, the capital of the Philippines, sending residents into the streets.
Earthquakes are very frequent in the Philippines, this archipelago is located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, a zone of intense seismic and volcanic activity which extends from Japan to the Pacific via South Asia. East.