<span style="color: #222222;">A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">People rushed from homes and restaurants set swaying by the strong jolt south of the populous city of Davao. The Philippine Institue of Volcanology and Seismology said, it was expecting damage.<br />'' <br />'' The US Geological Survey said, the epicentre was south of the populous city of Davao. It said, there was no threat of a tsunami. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The geologists said that the same area struck by a string of deadly tremors in October.</span><br />''