Magnitude 6 earthquake hits the Philippines day after two powerful shakes

An earthquake of magnitude 6 hit the Philippines, the UAE's National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said on Saturday.

The powerful tremor struck at 6:33pm UAE time, and at a depth of 84.7km. Take a look at the following map shared by NCM:

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A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, killing at least six people and triggering regional tsunami warnings that were later lifted.

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It struck just 11 days after a 6.9-magnitude quake killed 74 people and destroyed or damaged about 72,000 houses in the central island of Cebu. 

Later on Friday, another earthquake or magnitude 6.9 struck Mindanao, Philippines.

Yasmin Hussein

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