(Eagle News)–There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said on Wednesday, Aug. 28.
This was after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic at 7:56 a.m. Philippine time.
The United States Geological Survey pegged the magnitude of the quake at 6.8, and said the earthquake struck 130 kilometers south of Bristol Island.
Depth of focus of the quake was 116 kilometers, PHIVOLCS said.