OREANDA-NEWS  An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred on the east coast of the island of Phangan in the Philippines, according to the Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The epicenter of the earthquake recorded at 02:40 Moscow time on Thursday was located about 37 km northwest of the city of Surigao in the north of the island of Mindanao.

According to the intensity of the tremors in the epicenter, the seismic event is assessed as "quite strong".

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.7. According to her, the earthquake was located at a depth of 9 km.