A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Philippines late Tuesday, the US Geological Service said, with local officials warning of possible damage.

“We expect damage here,” seismologist Charm Villamil told reporters after the quake, which struck around 10:59 p.m. (1459 GMT) near the highland town of Dolores.

She said the impact on buildings would depend on their structural integrity as well as the properties of the soil they were built on.

The tremor, which occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 15.2 kilometers (9.4 miles), was felt as far as the capital, Manila, more than 330 kilometers to the south.

Reached by phone, Dolores Patrol Officer Jeffrey Blanes told AFP that “buildings were shaking so people ran outside”.

“All police personnel have left the police station because of the quake,” he said, adding that there were “no reports of damage or casualties” at this time.

In July, a 7.0-magnitude tremor in the same area triggered landslides and cracks in the mountainous region, killing 11 people and injuring hundreds more, according to official counts.

Earthquakes are a daily occurrence in the Philippines, which lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of intense seismic and volcanic activity that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific Basin.

The country’s civil defense agency regularly conducts drills simulating earthquake scenarios along active fault lines.

In October 2013, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the central island of Bohol, killing more than 200 people.

This powerful tremor changed the island’s landscape, and a “earth breach” pushed up a section of earth by up to ten feet, creating a rock face over the epicenter.