Earthquake Today: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Mindanao, Philippines, on Friday, 17 October, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.

This comes just a week after two powerful offshore quakes hit the same region. The first, measuring 7.4, claimed at least seven lives, triggered landslides, and prompted evacuations of nearby coastal areas amid a brief tsunami warning.

The second earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, also led to a local tsunami alert. Both tremors were caused by movement along the same fault line, the Philippine Trench, at a depth of 37 kilometres (23 miles) off Manay town in Davao Oriental province, according to Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology chief Teresito Bacolcol.