MANILA, Philippines — MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of seven.4 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, and a hazardous tsunami was potential close by.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology stated it was anticipating harm and aftershocks from the earthquake, which was centered at sea about 62 kilometers (38 miles) southeast of Manay city in Davao Oriental province and was attributable to motion in a fault at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles),
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Heart in Honolulu stated hazardous waves have been potential inside 300 kilometers (186 miles) of the epicenter.
It stated waves as much as 3 meters (10 ft) above regular tides have been potential on some Philippine coasts close to the epicenter. Smaller waves have been potential in Indonesia and Palau.
