The shallow 6.4-magnitude quake hit about 110 kilometres (68 miles) off Morong in Bataan province on Luzon island at 5:05 am (2105 GMT), with residents in nearby Manila woken by their buildings shaking.
A powerful earthquake struck off the Philippines' main island Monday, jolting buildings in the capital Manila, but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami warning was not issued based on USGS forecast.
The
Philippines is regularly rocked by quakes due to its location on the Pacific
"Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic activity that stretches
from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.
Shallow
quakes tend to do more damage than deep tremors, but the Philippine Institute
of Volcanology and Seismology said damage was not expected.
"It's
strong and it's shaking as if it's dancing sideways," said Lieutenant
Aristotle Calayag, acting police chief of Lubang town in Occidental Mindoro, an
island off Luzon.
"The
people are used to earthquakes like this so they didn't rush outside or
panic," he said.
Morong
police chief Captain Michelle Gaziola told AFP the quake was "a bit strong
but it was brief".
"We're
okay. Most people are still asleep." Via Agence France-Presse
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