Tsunami Warning Issued in Philippines After Earthquake of 7.5 Magnitude Strikes Island Nation – News18

An earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck off the cost of the southern Philippines island of Mindanao on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The US tsunami warning system has issued a tsunami warning after the tremors. The earthquake struck at 10:37 pm and was measured at a moderate depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles).

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said based on the magnitude and location it expected tsunami waves to hit the southern Philippines and parts of Indonesia, Palau and Malaysia.

A Philippine government agency advised the residents of Surigao Del Sur and Davao Oriental provinces on the eastern shores of Mindanao to immediately evacuate to higher grounds or move inland, a report in AP said.

Last month, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines killed eight people.

Quakes are frequent in the Philippines, which sits along the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of intense seismic as well as volcanic activity that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin.