A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey mentioned, with native authorities warning of aftershocks and potential harm.

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The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), just a few kilometres from Maragusan municipality within the mountainous province of Davao de Oro on Mindanao island.

An worker within the Maragusan catastrophe workplace instructed AFP that authorities have been checking experiences of a landslide on a nationwide freeway.

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“We have not received any reports of other damage or casualties, but we are checking the villages around the town,” he added, declining to offer his identify.

“Things shook at the office but there was no damage.”

Quakes are a day by day prevalence within the Philippines, which sits alongside the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of intense seismic in addition to volcanic exercise that stretches from Japan by means of Southeast Asia and throughout the Pacific basin.