A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck a Northern Samar island town on Thursday evening, according to state seismologists.
The offshore earthquake occurred seven kilometers northeast of San Vicente municipality at 6:21 p.m., with a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Phivolcs said aftershocks are expected after this earthquake.
This temblor comes two days after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake which occurred in a nearby Bogo City in Cebu province.
At least 72 individuals reportedly died and 294 injured due to the temblor, which damaged several heritage churches, billions worth of roads and bridges, many residential houses and hundreds of classrooms, while causing widespread power outages in the province.