PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat to PHL following strong quake off Pacific

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PHIVOLCS said there was no tsunami threat to the Philippines following the earthquake off the Pacific on Wednesday, May 13 (PHL time)./PHIVOLCS/

(Eagle News)–There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines.

This is according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which issued the  advisory after a strong earthquake hit Santa Cruz Islands in the Pacific on Wednesday, May 13 (Philippine time).

PHIVOLCS said the quake had a magnitude of 6.6 but the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre pegged it at 6.6.

The EMSC said the depth was 129 kilometers.