MANILA, Oct 10 (NNN-PNA) – An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5, struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines this morning, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology to issue a tsunami warning for coastal areas in Mindanao.
In a report, the institute said, the quake, which occurred at 9:43 a.m. local time (0143 GMT), struck at a depth of 20 kilometres, approximately 44 kilometres north-east of the municipality of Manay.
The institute initially reported the earthquake’s magnitude as 7.6.
The institute also strongly advised residents in coastal communities, to immediately move to higher ground and stay away from the shore, warning that, hazardous tsunami waves of more than one metre may impact areas near the epicentre within minutes to hours.
“These waves may continue for hours,” said the tsunami warning, adding, they may be “more than one metre above the normal tides and may be higher on enclosed bays and straits.”– NNN-PNA
