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MANILA — A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rattled the southern Philippine region of Mindanao on Friday (Nov 17), the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, and while there were no immediate reports of casualties, authorities warned of damage.
The quake struck off the shore of Mindanao, near General Santos City at a depth of 60 km, GFZ said. The German agency earlier reported the magnitude at 6.9.
The Philippine seismology agency PHIVOLCS and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said a tsunami was not expected.
Amor Mio, police chief of Koronadal city, near the quake's epicentre, said there were no reports of casualties but officials were checking a shopping mall reported to have been damaged.
"The employees were ordered evacuated for their safety. According to police in the area, there was extensive damage but we could not ascertain definitely yet the extent," Mio said by telephone.
PHIVOLCS director Teresito Bacolcol told DZRH radio the earthquake's intensity was "destructive, so we would expect damage".
The earthquake lasted several seconds, he said, advising residents to be on alert for aftershocks as strong as magnitude 6.2.
Radio announcer Leny Aranego in General Santos city said the quake damaged walls and toppled computers from desks.
"We saw how the walls cracked and computers fell," Aranego told DZRH radio station.
Michael Ricafort, an economist at the lender RCBC, said in a Facebook post passengers at the airport in General Santos City were evacuated to the tarmac.
Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which lies on the "Ring of Fire", a belt of volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean that is prone to seismic activity.
Source: Reuters
菲律宾南部发生6.7级地震
马尼拉——周五（11 月 17 日），菲律宾南部棉兰老岛地区发生了 6.7 级地震，德国地球科学研究中心 (GFZ) 表示，虽然没有立即报告人员伤亡，但当局警告称可能造成损失。
GFZ 表示，地震发生在桑托斯将军城附近的棉兰老岛海岸，深度为 60 公里。 德国机构早些时候报告震级为 6.9 级。
菲律宾地震机构 PHIVOLCS 和太平洋海啸预警中心表示，预计不会发生海啸。
震中附近的科罗纳达尔市警察局长阿莫尔·米奥表示，目前还没有人员伤亡的报告，但官员们正在检查据报道受损的购物中心。
“为了安全起见，员工被命令疏散。据该地区警方称，损坏严重，但我们还无法确定损坏程度，”澪在电话中说。
PHIVOLCS 主任特雷西托·巴科尔科尔 (Teresito Bacolcol) 告诉 DZRH 电台，地震的强度是“破坏性的，因此我们预计会造成损失”。
他说，地震持续了几秒钟，建议居民警惕6.2级余震。
桑托斯将军市的广播电台播音员莱尼·阿拉内戈表示，地震损坏了墙壁，并从桌子上推倒了电脑。
“我们看到墙壁破裂，电脑掉落，”阿拉内戈告诉 DZRH 广播电台。
银行 RCBC 的经济学家迈克尔·里卡福特 (Michael Ricafort) 在 Facebook 上发帖称，桑托斯将军城机场的乘客已被疏散至停机坪。
菲律宾经常发生地震，该国位于“火环”上，这是一条环绕太平洋的火山带，容易发生地震活动。
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