Magnitude 6.3 地震 shakes Philippines' Mindanao island
DAVAO, Philippines, Sept 24 (Reuters) - A strong 地震 of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Philippine's Mindanao island on Saturday, sending hotel guests and construction 労働者s running from buildings in Davao, but there were no 即座の 報告（する）／憶測s of 損失.
The U.S. 地質学の 調査する said the 地震, 最初 報告（する）／憶測d as a magnitude 6.5, struck at 6:53 a.m. (22:53 GMT on Friday) and was 中心d 114 km (71 miles) east of Davao on Mindanao.
It was a 深い （軽い）地震, 69 km (43 miles) below the 海底, and was not 推定する／予想するd to 原因（となる） a 津波, the 太平洋の 津波 警告 中心 said.
A magnitude 6.3 地震 is considered strong and is 有能な of 原因（となる）ing 厳しい 損失, but Renato Solidum, 長，率いる of the Philippines' seismic 機関, said the 影響s of this one would be mitigated by its 場所 and depth.
"The 地震 is 沖合いの／海外の and 比較して 深い and shaking is 報告（する）／憶測d to be 最大限 of Intensity V, hence we 推定する／予想する no 重要な 損失," Solidum told Reuters.
Dave Cabrera, a 安全 guard at Hotel Uno in downtown Davao, said the 地震 was felt 堅固に in the city.
"Many guests left their rooms and 急ぐd downstairs," he said. "That is the strongest I have felt for this year."
Around 1,000 construction 労働者s building the 23-storey Avida Towers nearby also 避難させるd, said Junrey Quiroa, a 安全 guard on the 場所／位置.
"That 地震 was strong. We were worried things might 落ちる off so everyone got out of the 場所／位置."
The Philippines is on the geologically active 太平洋の （犯罪の）一味 of 解雇する／砲火／射撃 and experiences たびたび（訪れる） 地震s. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Neil Jerome 意気込み／士気s in Davao and Manuel Mogato in Manila; 付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Sandra Maler in Washington; 令状ing by Lincoln Feast; Editing by Leslie Adler and Cynthia Osterman)
