South-Africa: Newsdeck: Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Philippines’ Mindanao, tsunami warning issued

An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Philippines’ Mindanao region on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 58 km (36.04 miles), EMSC said.

The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat, saying hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km (186 miles) of the earthquake’s epicenter.

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EMSC had earlier pegged the magnitude at 7.2.

(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar An
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