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PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat to PHL following strong earthquake off Antarctica

(Eagle News) — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology issued the advisory following a strong earthquake that struck off Antarctica. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the earthquake–initially pegged at a magnitude of 7.3–hit the South Shetland Islands at 1:37 p.m. on Saturday, Hawaii time, or at 7:37 a.m. on Sunday in the Philippines. PHIVOLCS said the depth was pegged at 10 kilometers. The Pacific Tsunami […]