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A 6.9 -magnitude earthquake hits the midst of the Philippines

& nbsp; the American Geological Survey Center has announced that an earthquake of 6.9 on the Richter scale hit the center of the Philippines, today, Tuesday. The earthquake center was about 11 km east of the southeast of the city of Kalbi, in the province of Bououl, with a population of about 33 thousand people, according to the official website of the American Geological Survey Center. The Tsunami Warning Center reported that there is no risk of tsunami as a result of this earthquake. The earthquakes are an event that is almost daily in the Philippines, which falls within the & quot; Fire belt & quot; In the Pacific Ocean, it is an area where earthquakes and volcanoes are active. It is mentioned that most earthquakes that are very weak so that humans cannot feel, but strong and destructive earthquakes come randomly with no technology available to predict the date and location of their occurrence.

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