Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Philippines island of Samar
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Philippines island of Samar on Monday, causing structural damage and forcing police to evacuate their station. The quake hit at 2:09 pm local time with its epicentre approximately nine kilometres from the coastal town of San Julian.
A powerful earthquake struck the central Philippines, causing structural damage and forcing police to evacuate their station. The magnitude-6.0 quake hit the island of Samar at 2:09 pm local time on Monday. The epicentre was located approximately nine kilometres from the coastal town of San Julian at a depth of 73.3 kilometres, according to the United States Geological Survey. A local police officer described the tremor as 'strong and sudden', with one of the beams at the police station broken. The Philippines experiences earthquakes almost daily due to its location on the Pacific 'ring of fire'. The country has recently been hit by a series of major quakes, including a magnitude-6.9 quake in Cebu province that claimed 76 lives and destroyed or damaged 72,000 houses.
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