The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat after the quake, saying hazardous waves were possible for coasts near the epicenter.

A strong 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the southeastern coast of the Philippines on Friday morning, according to seismologists. The extent of potential damage was not immediately clear.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the tsunami threat from an earthquake Friday off the southern Philippines has passed.

The quake and aftershock come two weeks after dozens were killed in another earthquake in the quake-prone Philippines.

Typhoon Matmo struck northern Philippines, three days after 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit central part of the Asian nation and weeks after two other cyclones.

Powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off southern Philippines, tsunami warnings issued – Nation and World News | West Hawaii Today

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu had warned of a “destructive tsunami” within 300 kilometres (186 miles) of the epicentre.

The earthquake, in waters off the town of Manay in the province of Davao Oriental, triggered a tsunami alert for coasts within 300 km of the epicentre.

Four days after senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar was found dead with a gunshot wound at his residence, the Haryana government Saturday took its first action in the case by transferring Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya. Bijarniya, a 2015-batch IPS officer, was among police officials named in the “final note” recovered from Kumar’s pocket.

Despite the intermittent rains, the Philippine Pavilion at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan was packed even up to the last hour before it formally ended its six-month run at the tourism fair on Sunday,