Hundreds of people were evacuated from buildings in the Philippine capital, Manila, after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the main Luzon island.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, and the seismology service warned of aftershocks on X, formerly Twitter.
The magnitude of the offshore earthquake was 5.9, at a depth of 79 kilometers. Its epicenter was around 130 kilometers from the capital region.
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"We felt the strong and lengthy tremor," Michael Orayani, mayor of Lubang town in Occidental Mindoro province, told DWPM radio station. "We rushed outdoors even while the building was shaking."
Images published by the media on X showed government personnel leaving the buildings of Congress, the Senate, the presidential palace, and the Justice Ministry. Students were also evacuated from universities.
The transport ministry has halted rail service in the capital. According to the state airport operator, no damage was seen on the runway and taxiway pavements and the terminal facilities.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre measured the earthquake as magnitude 6.2 before reducing it to magnitude 6.0.
Earthquakes are widespread in the Philippines, located on the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire," a belt of volcanoes prone to seismic activity.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake slammed the southern Philippines on Saturday night, killing three people. It was followed by over 2,000 aftershocks, prompting hundreds to remain in evacuation camps.
A secondary earthquake of magnitude 6.8 rocked Mindanao early Monday morning.
