He said major temblors “are magnitude 7 or greater.”

“Kung sa category, hindi pa ‘yan major earthquake…Ang magnitude 6.5 ay strong, pero sa rural areas ‘di talaga damaging [It’s not yet a major earthquake based on categories…A magnitude 6.5 quake is strong but in rural areas, it’s not really damaging],” said Solidum in an interview Thursday afternoon. “Naramdaman sa Tacloban and Cebu, naramdaman lahat ng tao, malakas, pero hindi naman mapanira ‘yon [It was felt in Tacloban and Cebu, it was felt by all people there, it was strong but it’s not damaging]” he said. The quake struck in a region that was devastated in November 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan, which whipped up huge waves that left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, leveled entire villages and displaced more than 5 million villagers.
At least two are killed and power supply is interrupted in Eastern Visayas and Bohol when a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits the province of Leyte in the Philippines (InterAksyon)