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Without damage…a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shakes the southern Philippines


Hit Earthquake, today, Monday, with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale, on the island of Mindanao, south of Philippines.

He reported The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 86 kilometers, and that no damage was expected.

The director of the institute, Teresito Bakulkul, explained that this earthquake was not related to the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Mindanao on June 8 and its epicenter was more than 250 kilometers from the epicenter of the earthquake. Today.

The Civil Defense Agency indicated that the death toll as a result of the strong earthquake that occurred last week rose to 65 people, and 36 people are still missing.

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