A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit the islands in the central Philippines on Monday morning, making it also felt in Metro Manila, seismologists reported.

Seismologists from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology located the earthquake's epicenter 66 kilometers northwest of Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, local TV ANC said on its website.

It hit Lubang island in Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro with intensity 2 quakes, with tremors felt as far as Metro Manila.

No casualties and damage to property were reported.

Rene Solidum, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology director, said the temblor was tectonic in origin.

Solidum said Metro Manila may be experiencing minor earthquakes because the Manila Trench generates earthquakes from time to time.

The Manila Trench is an ocean trench in the South China Sea, west of the Philippines.

Source: Xinhua