The US Geological Survey further mentioned that the quake experienced a range of thirty five kilometres (22 miles) and hit at 6:19 am (2219 GMT Saturday) some 143 kilometres southwest of town of Baguio and 181 kilometres northwest of the capital Manila.
The Philippines sits on the Pacific Ring of fireside -- a belt round the Pacific Ocean dotted by active volcanoes and unstable ocean trenches.
In the month of February, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake within the central Philippines triggered landslides that left over 100 individuals dead or missing.
One fault line runs directly beneath Manila, a metropolis of quite twelve million individuals, and government seismologists have warned town is unprepared for a significant quake.
