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An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude hit the coast of the southern Philippines on Saturday, AFP reported, citing the United States Geological Survey.There have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage due to the earthquake, which occurred at a depth of 101 kilometres, nearly 70 kilometres from Davao Occidental province.”The shake was not that strong, but the tables and computers here at the office shook for (about five seconds),” Marlawin Fuentes, a provincial rescuer from the island of Sarangani, told AFP.No tsunami alert was issued due to the earthquake. Quakes happen almost daily in the Philippines, which lies on the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire,’ a zone of intense seismic activity zone that extends from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.Most are too subtle to be detected by humans, but powerful and destructive ones occur unpredictably, with no available technology to forecast their timing or location.
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