RP struck by two earthquakes

RP struck by two earthquakes

MANILA (AP): Two earthquakes struck the northern and southern Philippines on Sunday, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The first quake, with a magnitude of 5.7, hit at 6:30 a.m. (5:30 a.m. Jakarta time) Sunday and was centered under the seabed about 52 kilometers west of Batangas province, on the northern main island of Luzon, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.

The earthquake was too deep to cause any damage, Vilma Hernandez of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. Aftershocks were expected.

Another quake jolted the southern Philippines about three hours later with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4, and was centered under the seabed about 52 kilometers off Mati town in Davao Oriental province, Hernandez said.