5.8-magnitude quake hits southern Philippines

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Maguindanao province in the south of the Philippines on August 13 afternoon.

According to Phivolcs, the tectonic tremor hit 11 kilometers northwest of South Upi in Maguindanao at 2:25pm and had a depth of 62 kilometers.

Shaking was also reported in Cotabato, General Santos, Davao and Kidapawan cities.

The Philippines lies along the "Pacific Ring of Fire", which is surrounded by numerous active faults and trenches on both sides of the archipelago. The country has frequent seismic activities./.

VNA

• Thailand welcomes over 10 mln foreign arrivals so far this year (19/04)
• Indonesia’s Ruang volcano erupts, hundreds evacuated (18/04)
• Japan’s 2024 Diplomatic Bluebook sketches out cooperation orientation with ASEAN (18/04)
• Philippines seizes 1.8 tonnes of meth in record drug bust (17/04)
• Thailand looks towards cashless society (15/04)
• The strategic alliance relationship (13/04)
• Singapore keeps monetary policy unchanged (13/04)
• Lao economy forecast to grow 4% in 2024, 2025: ADB​ (12/04)