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Strong earthquake strikes eastern Philippines, triggering tsunami warning

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A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern parts of the

Philippines on Saturday, triggering tsunami advisories across the region and as far as the southern part of Japan, nearly

2,000 miles away.


There were no immediate reports of damage.


The quake struck at about 10:37p.m. local time in Mindanao, in the

eastern part of the Philippines. According to the U.S. Geological

Survey.



The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of Japan, from the Miyakojima-Yaeyama region to Chiba Prefecture.


Residents of the provinces of Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental on the eastern part of Mindanao was warned to head to higher ground

or move farther inland because of the possibility of tsunami waves of

more than one meter, or a little more than three feet, according to

the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.





菲律賓東部發生強烈地震,引發海嘯警報



週六,菲律賓東部地區發生了 7.6 級地震,引發了整個地區的海嘯警報,甚至遠至近 2,000 英里外的日本南部。


目前還沒有立即收到損壞報告。 地震發生在晚上10點37分左右。 根據美國地質調查局的數據,菲律賓東部棉蘭老島當地時間。



日本氣象廳向日本太平洋沿岸從宮古島-八重山地區到千葉縣發布了海嘯警報。


據報道,棉蘭老島東部蘇里高省和東達沃省的居民被警告前往地勢較高的地方或進一步向內陸移動,因為海嘯波浪可能會超


過一米或略多於三英尺。

菲律賓研究所


火山學和地震學。

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