One dead in strong Philippine quake
Baku, February 6 (AZERTAC). A 6.8 earthquake hit the central Philippines today, killing at least one person and causing panic in cities where buildings shook, authorities said.
The quake hit 70 kilometers north of the city of Dumaguete on Negros Island at 11:49 am (local time) at a depth of 46 kilometers, the US Geological Survey said.
The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) measured it as 6.9 at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers, centered off the heavily populated central island province of Negros and Cebu.
"One child was crushed to death by a collapsed wall in Negros," Office of Civil Defense chief Benito Ramos told AFP.
He said the violent shaking of buildings in the cities of Cebu and San Carlos led to broken windows and cracks on the walls, but no high rises were believed to have sustained major damage.
Philippine seismologists and local residents said there was panic but no immediate reports of casualties or major damage.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no danger of a widespread destructive tsunami.
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