A magnitude-5.5 earthquake shook the town of Lian in Batangas, Sunday, CNN Philippines reported.
The earthquake struck an area off Lian around 115 kilometers south of Manila,at 10:21 p.m., the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
It said the quake was tectonic in origin - or there was a movement in the Earth's crust - with a depth of 200 kilometers.
In April, Batangas was hit by a series of quakes of varying origins. But Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum said the series of quakes would not trigger “The Big One”, the expected magnitude-7 tremors originating from the West Valley Fault.
Last August 11, a magnitude-6.3 earthquake also shook the town of Nasugbu, which was 100 kilometers away from Manila.