The USGS said the tremor struck at 3:08 p.m, and the epicenter, with a depth of 42 km, was located northeast of the Mindoro province.
The US leader confirmed he would send a senior US delegation, including his family, to PyeongChang during the Winter Olympic period.
The United States has come out ahead in a trade agreement struck with Japan on Wednesday, but Japan gains by avoiding extra tariffs on automobiles and keeps its rice market protected, some experts said.
The US airline industry has been in the spotlight since the outbreak as the government has restricted travel to select countries, but not domestically.
The US Federal Reserve last raised interest rates in September and left intact its plans to steadily tighten monetary policy, as it forecast that the US economy would enjoy at least three more years of economic growth.
The USS Michigan nuclear-powered submarine arrives at port of Busan, South Korea, April 25, 2017.[Photo/Xinhua]
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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Thursday that Washington would probably get out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
The US State Department said earlier this month that the country will impose new sanctions on Russia in two phases, and the first batch will take effect around Aug. 22.
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission again grossly distorted the truth, made unwarranted remarks on Hong Kong in its annual report and pointed fingers at China's internal affairs as a whole. The spokesperson of the Commissioner's Office expressed strong disapproval of and firm opposition to the report.
The US economist said China and other major economies in the world are recommended to mull future strategies that are flexible and "adapt to the new post-COVID economic and geopolitical environment."