PHILIPPINES-EARTHQUAKE-AFTERMATH

Xinhua
10 Oct 2025, 12:45 GMT+10

(251010) -- MANILA, Oct. 10, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People gather outside school buildings after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in Davao Del Sur Province, the Philippines, Oct. 10, 2025.

An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Friday morning, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology to issue a tsunami warning for coastal areas in Mindanao.

In a report, the institute said that the quake, which occurred at 9:43 a.m. local time (0143 GMT), struck at a depth of 20 kilometers, approximately 44 kilometers northeast of the municipality of Manay. (Str/Xinhua)

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