ZAMBOANGA CITY: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled Thursday the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, injuring at least three people, government officials said.

The tremor struck at around 2.21 a.m. and lasted several seconds. It was traced near Baliguian town in Zamboanga del Norte province and tectonic in origin, or a sudden movement of the earth’s crust caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults.

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