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International Business Times
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Ara Eugenio and Cecil Morella

Magnitude 6.9 Quake Latest To Rattle Southern Philippines

Patients are evacuated from a hospital in Butuan City after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the southern Philippines (Credit: AFP)

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, the latest in a slew of strong quakes all concentrated in the same area.

Monday's quake hit just before 4:00 am local time, (2000 GMT Sunday), at a depth of 30 kilometres (18 miles), about 72 kilometres northeast of Hinatuan municipality on Mindanao island.

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