A new powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after a magnitude 6.1 quake rattled the country’s north and left at least 16 people dead.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the new quake at 6.4, while the local seismology agency said it was 6.5.

The quake was centered near San Julian town in Eastern Samar province and prompted residents to dash out of houses and office workers to scamper to safety again.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage from the new quake.

Meanwhile, rescuers continued to worked overnight to recover bodies in the rubble of a supermarket that crashed down in Monday’s quake, which damaged other buildings and an airport in the northern Philippines.

The bodies of five victims were pulled from Chuzon Supermarket while seven other people died in hard-hit Porac town in Pampanga province, north of Manila, said Ricardo Jalad, who heads the government’s disaster-response agency.

Philippine seismologists said the back-to-back quakes in the last two days were unrelated and caused by different local faults.

Porac Councilor Maynard Lapid said from the scene, “We’re all very happy, many clapped their hands in relief because we’re still finding survivors after several hours.”

Fifteen of the dead were in Pampanga province, the state news service reported. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in the affected area Tuesday, where he inspected the damage and was briefed on the situation.

More than 400 aftershocks have continued to unsettle residents after Monday’s quake, and the government closed more than 1,600 schools in the region.

Central Luzon, the area struck, is in one of the country’s most seismically active regions, home to three major faults and an oceanic trench.

The country is part of the “Ring of Fire,” a belt of heavy seismic activity where some 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes occur, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The Biblical prophecies (Matthew 24, Luke 21) foretell that earthquakes will be a sign of the Last Days indicating the coming end of the age and the nearing appearance of Jesus Christ.

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