Local authorities said early indications were that the quake had caused no significant damage. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Quakes are a daily occurrence in the Philippines, which sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire", an arc of intense seismic and volcanic activity that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and ...

Countries like the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia ... scientists do agree that Japan lies in a very risky zone as it is in the western edge of the Pacific Ring of Fire which makes earthquakes and ...