Residents fetch water next to a destroyed house in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur province on December 3, 2023, following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake late on December 2. -AFP
Residents fetch water next to a destroyed house in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur province on December 3, 2023, following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake late on December 2. -AFP

MANILA: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit the southern Philippines on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said, one of a number of strong aftershocks after a magnitude 7.6 quake a day earlier.

The latest quake hit about 6.36pm local time northeast of Bislig on Mindanao island.

At least two people were killed in the earlier magnitude 7.6 quake late on Saturday night. --AFP