A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has struck off the coast of southern Philippines, prompting warnings of a potentially dangerous tsunami in nearby areas.<\/p>\n
The quake was expected to cause damage and aftershocks, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.<\/p>\n
It was centred about 62 kilometres (38 miles) southeast of Manay town in Davao Oriental province, originating from a shallow fault at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles).<\/p>\n
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu said hazardous waves could occur within 300 kilometres (186 miles) of the epicentre, with waves up to 3 meters (10 feet) above normal tide levels possible along some Philippine coasts.<\/p>\n
Smaller waves could also affect parts of Indonesia and Palau.<\/p>\n
The country is still recovering from a 6.9-magnitude earthquake<\/a> that rocked the nation on 30 September, killing at least 74 people and displacing thousands, mainly in Cebu province.<\/p>\n Situated on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, the Philippines<\/a> is highly prone to natural disasters, including frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.<\/p>\n The archipelago is also hit by around 20 typhoons and storms annually, making disaster preparedness a major national priority.<\/p>\n This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/p>\n Please refresh the page for the latest version.<\/p>\n You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app<\/a>. You can also follow us on WhatsApp<\/a> and subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> to keep up with the latest news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has struck off the coast of southern Philippines, prompting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-70949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}