6.4-magnitude offshore earthquake jolts Philippines

An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 jolted Occidental Mindoro province in the Philippines at dawn today, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The institute said the quake, which occurred at 5.05am local time (2105 GMT Sunday), hit at a depth of 29km, about 110km northwest of Lubang town, reported Xinhua.

The tremor was also felt in...