Strong Quakes Jolt Philippines, Indonesia, Japan

Strong earthquakes jolt southern Philippines, Indonesia, Japan

• A 6.1-magnitude quake struck off Balut island on Saturday, 1,130 kilometres south of Manila; no major damage expected but warnings of an aftershock
• An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the Talaud Islands in Indonesia, while a magnitude of 6.6 struck off Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, also on Saturday
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• Two strong earthquakes jolted the southern Philippines on Saturday, but no major damage was expected and there was no threat of a tsunami, government seismologists said.

  A 6.1-magnitude quake struck at 10.26am (02.26 GMT) off Balut island, 1,130 kilometres south of Manila, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

  “No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data,” it added in a bulletin.

  The institute said it was also not expecting major damage from the tremor, but warned there would be aftershocks.

  Six hours earlier, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 shook the coastal town of Baganga in nearby Davao Oriental province, Phivolcs said.
  
  
  
  
  An earthquake of magnitude 6 also struck the Talaud Islands in Indonesia on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 24km (15 miles), GFZ said.
  
  
  Japan was also hit with an earthquake, this time with a magnitude of 6.6, which struck off the coast of the southern island of Kyushu early Saturday, damaging roads and buildings.