{"id":69314,"date":"2025-10-10T05:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/69314\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T05:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:16:09","slug":"magnitude-7-4-earthquake-strikes-philippines-tsunami-threat-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/69314\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Philippines, tsunami threat cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"The first images have emerged showing the impact of a shallow magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the Philippines. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The first images have emerged showing the impact of a shallow magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the Philippines. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">In an updated alert, it has been confirmed there is no longer a tsunami threat in place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Earlier, the Philippine Seismology Agency said a destructive tsunami \u201cwith life-threatening wave heights\u201d was expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">It was thought that hazardous tsunami waves were possible for coasts located within 300km. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Some people were left struggling to breathe after the quake struck in the Mindanao region at 9.43am local time. Photo \/ AFP\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Some people were left struggling to breathe after the quake struck in the Mindanao region at 9.43am local time. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Indonesia also issued its own tsunami warning for North Sulawesi and the Papua regions, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">There are no immediate reports of damage, the Guardian reported. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Multiple aftershocks have already struck the area, including a 5.9 and a 6.0 magnitude quake. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos said the Government was working \u201cround the clock\u201d to ensure help reaches everyone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe are now assessing the situation on the ground and ensuring that everyone is safe\u2026 Search, rescue and relief operations are already being prepared and will be deployed as soon as it is safe to do so,\u201d he said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">One emergency responder told the BBC she still feels disoriented after the quake, saying it lasted for nearly a minute.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"School students gather outside after an earthquake struck the Philippines today. Photo \/ AFP\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>School students gather outside after an earthquake struck the Philippines today. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n<p>Video shows moment quake hit<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">CCTV video from multiple market stalls shows the moment of panic that hit locals as they walked along the streets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">People, including young children, are seen covering their heads and running in fear. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"CCTV video from a market stall shows the moment the quake struck as locals walked on the street. Photo \/ YouTube\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>CCTV video from a market stall shows the moment the quake struck as locals walked on the street. Photo \/ YouTube<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">The incident comes after a powerful earthquake struck the central Philippines on September 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">The shallow quake killed at least 60 people and severely damaged buildings and infrastructure in cities nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">More than 150 were believed to have been injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">The 6.9 magnitude quake struck around 10pm local time, just west of Palompon and close to the city of Bogo in Cebu province, CNN reported.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Government says it is working \u201cround the clock\u201d to ensure help reaches everyone. Photo \/ AFP\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Government says it is working \u201cround the clock\u201d to ensure help reaches everyone. Photo \/ AFP<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">The Philippines sits along the Ring of Fire, a 40,000km arc of seismic fault lines encircling the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PIBTdnNRHybHVehKG\" style=\"display:none\">It is home to more than half of the world\u2019s volcanoes and is frequently struck by powerful earthquakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first images have emerged showing the impact of a shallow magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck the Philippines.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20700,18086,20703,6752,15356,1888,305,42,5606,48949,20699,4505,43,4291,42371,55339,5348,19063,20705,1555,40,38,41,39,20702],"class_list":["post-69314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-20700","tag-alerts","tag-cancelled","tag-earthquake","tag-emerged","tag-first","tag-have","tag-headlines","tag-images","tag-initially","tag-magnitude","tag-moment","tag-news","tag-philippines","tag-prompting","tag-shallow","tag-showing","tag-strikes","tag-struck","tag-threat","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-tsunami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}