Manila - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake
struck the Philippines main island of Luzon on Monday and
several people were killed in collapsed buildings, media
reported.
The quake struck 60 km (37 miles) northwest of the capital,
Manila, at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), the U.S Geological
Survey (USGS).
The governor of Pampanga province told a radio station that
several people had been killed. Media reported some structures
had collapsed and the Clark International Airport, a former U.S.
military base, had suffered some damage and had closed.
Tall buildings swayed in Manila's main business district and
some people evacuated their offices.
The Philippines is on the seismically active Pacific "Ring
of Fire", a horse-shoe shaped band of volcanoes and fault lines
circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean.