July 10, 2017 11:45 AM

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Fresh earthquake of 5.9 magnitude rocks Philippine island

In Philippines, a 5(point)9-magnitude quake today rocked a central island still reeling from a deadly tremor last week. <br/><br/>The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the moderately strong quake struck Leyte island near Ormoc, a city of about 200,000<br/>people at 9:41 am local time today. However, no damage or casualties reported said the USGS.<br/><br/>A 6.5 quake stuck the region on Thursday last week, killing two people and leaving 72 others injured.

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