Panicked shoppers rushed to leave a shopping mall as an earthquake jolted the Philippines today.

Footage shows the crowd running across the corridors to reach the nearest exit of the building in Tagum City, Davao del Norte on March 7.

Glass walls and doors shook during the chaotic moment, with shopkeepers seemingly torn whether to stay or flee their stalls.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck at 2:02 pm at a depth of 10 kilometres. It was centred some eight kilometres southeast of New Bataan municipality in Davao de Oro province.

The agency said damage and aftershocks were expected.

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.