MANILA: An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the Babuyan islands in the northern Philippines today, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake was at a depth of 34km, USGS said.
The Philippines’ state seismology agency said it was expecting aftershocks but no damage as a result of the offshore quake.
The Southeast Asian nation lies within the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.