"A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck off the coast of the southern Philippines, killing at least two people and prompting a tsunami warning for the country and some regions of Indonesia, according to local authorities. The tsumani alert has since been lifted. The earthquake comes just 10 days after another deadly earthquake hit the central Philippines, killing at least 79 people and injuring hundreds."
"The earthquake struck at a depth of 43 kilometres (27 miles) at 9:43am local time (01:43 GMT) on Friday, off the coast of Manay town in Davao Oriental in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the earthquake had been caused by movement in the Philippine Trench at a depth of 23 kilometres (14 miles)."
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Manay town in Davao Oriental, Mindanao, at 9:43am local time, at a depth of 43 kilometres. Phivolcs attributed the quake to movement in the Philippine Trench at a depth of 23 kilometres and warned of aftershocks while issuing a tsunami warning for nearby coasts with expected waves over 1 metre. Coastal residents were strongly advised to evacuate to higher ground or move inland. The United States National Tsunami Warning Center issued regional alerts; the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later said the threat had passed. Indonesia detected small tsunami waves of 3.5–17 centimetres.
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