In the Philippines, the death toll from a 6.7 magnitude earthquake rose to five with several more injured. The strong quake struck the Mindanao region on Friday afternoon triggering power cuts. The Philippian State seismology service said the quake was likely generated by the movement of the earth's crust along the Cotabato trench, a long, narrow depression on the sea floor that forms the boundary of one tectonic plate pushing against another. Rescue operations are underway. <br />