Earthquake Today: Massive magnitude 7.0 quake shakes Philippines; US Geological Survey says no tsunami warning require

Earthquake Today: A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.0 shook southern parts of the Philippines on Thursday night. However, the concerned authorities there said that the jolt ws too deep to cause any damage to the public property or the routine life in the region. They also said that no tsunami warning has been issued.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake in Philippines was of 7.0 magnitude at the Richter Scale and was located 95.8 kilometers (60 miles) below the sea and about 210 kilometers (130 miles) southeast of Pondaguitan in Davao Occidental province. the USGS went on to add that any kind of damage to the public or casualty was highly unlikely.

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The US tsunami warning system said that there was no tsunami threat from the recent earthquake in the Philippines.

As per the Philippine institute of volcanology and seismology, the earthquake was felt in the nearby region and province of Pondaguitan.

The southern Davao region has been battered by powerful earthquakes set off by local fault lines in recent years.