An 18-year-old woman died after being hit by falling debris in Ormoc City on Leyte island, near the epicentre of the quake, police said. Elsewhere, rescuers pulled out eight survivors and one body from a collapsed three-storey structure in the town of Kananga, also on Leyte island, Kananga Vice Mayor Elmer Codilla told AFP. - Quake brings darkness -=========================The quake hit at a depth of around six kilometres (four miles), the US Geological Survey said. In February, a 6.5-magnitude quake killed eight people and left more than 250 injured outside the southern city of Surigao. The Philippines lies on the so-called Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where many quakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 06, 2017 15:11 UTC