Terror in a Paradise: Islamic State militants have rampaged across northern Mozambique for years. The government says the situation has stabilized, but residents tell a different story.

A magnitude 5.8 quake occurred off the town of San Francisco in Southern Leyte province in the central region of Visayas at 7:39 a.m, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake followed four hours later that hit Siocon town in the southern Mindanao region.

MANILA -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 11:41 am local time, hit at a depth of 32 km, about 2 km southeast of Siocon town.

A magnitude-5.9 tremor struck San Francisco in Southern Leyte on Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the central Philippines near San Francisco in Leyte province. The tremor had a depth of 10 km and was brief yet strong, with minor disruptions reported. While immediate damage was absent,

This is the moment office workers fled when an earthquake shook their building in the Philippines this morning. CCTV shows the tremors shaking desks inside the call centre in Zamboanga del Norte province at 11:41 am local time.