Lights and clothing racks swayed as a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit a store in the Philippines.

Footage shows a fixture swinging from the ceiling while hangers shook in the shop in Ilocos Norte province on October 25.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake struck at a depth of 28 kilometres in Tineg, Abra at 10:59 pm local time on Tuesday.

The quake has triggered suspensions in school and government work in Ilocos Norte province, where at least 26 people have been injured, police and civil aviation authorities said.

Police and civil aviation authorities said at least 26 people have been injured in Ilocos Norte. No casualties have been reported so far.

Abra province was also the epicentre of a devastating magnitude 7 earthquake that struck last July 27.

The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands inside the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' where the majority of Earth's volcano eruptions and earthquakes happen.