A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Talaud Islands, North Sulawesi Province, on Saturday, at 9.26 a.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB), according to .
JAKARTA, Jan 22 ― An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the Talaud Islands in Indonesia today, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 24 km, GFZ said. ― Reuters
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 10) Two earthquakes with magnitudes 6.2 and 5.4 struck waters off Davao Occidental province on Saturday morning, according to seismology data.
The magnitude-6.2 tremor hit southeast of Sarangani province at 8:43 a.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in its bulletin.
Phivolcs initially reported the earthquake at magnitude 6 but upgraded it in a follow-up advisory.
The other quake occurred in the same area at 8:51 a.m., Phivolcs said in a separate advisory.
The institute said it is not expecting damage but added aftershocks may happen.
It added the quakes were tectonic in origin or there was a movement in the Earth s crust.