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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits southern Philippines

MANILA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 rocked Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines before dawn Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

The institute said the quake, which occurred at 4:48 a.m. local time (GMT 2048 Monday), hit at a depth of 76 kilometers, about 119 kilometers southeast of Sarangani island in the municip