<p>Manila: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the central Philippines on Thursday, damaging buildings and a road near its epicentre, authorities said.</p><p>The shallow offshore quake, initially reported as a magnitude 5.9, had a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles) and was off the town of San Francisco in Leyte province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said in a bulletin.</p><p>The agency had recorded at least 45 aftershocks from the tremor.</p><p>Police major Barnie Catig, the town's police chief, said the earthquake was brief but strong.</p>.New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 8,000 acres, forces evacuations.<p>"It was strong, some of the picture frames in our shelves fell off," Catig said by phone.</p><p>No one was injured but at least 18 houses and government buildings had "minor damage", Catig said. At least one highway had fissures from the tremor but remained passable, he said.</p><p>"We're still conducting a full assessment," Catig said.</p><p>Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which is located in the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire", where volcanic activity and earthquakes frequently occur</p>
<p>Manila: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the central Philippines on Thursday, damaging buildings and a road near its epicentre, authorities said.</p><p>The shallow offshore quake, initially reported as a magnitude 5.9, had a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles) and was off the town of San Francisco in Leyte province, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said in a bulletin.</p><p>The agency had recorded at least 45 aftershocks from the tremor.</p><p>Police major Barnie Catig, the town's police chief, said the earthquake was brief but strong.</p>.New wildfire near Los Angeles explodes to 8,000 acres, forces evacuations.<p>"It was strong, some of the picture frames in our shelves fell off," Catig said by phone.</p><p>No one was injured but at least 18 houses and government buildings had "minor damage", Catig said. At least one highway had fissures from the tremor but remained passable, he said.</p><p>"We're still conducting a full assessment," Catig said.</p><p>Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which is located in the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire", where volcanic activity and earthquakes frequently occur</p>