There were no immediate reports of casualties from the earthquake.

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck 69kmnorth-northwest of General Santos, Mindanao.

No tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake by the Hawaii-based PacificTsunami Warning Centre.

The Philippines is regularly hit by quakes as the country is on the Pacific“Ring of Fire,” a horse-shoe shaped band of volcanoes and fault lines circlingthe edges of the Pacific Ocean./. VNA