There is no existing tsunami threat to the Philippines following the magnitude 6.7 quake that occurred off the coast of Central America, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said on Sunday evening, Oct. 16.
The quake was recorded at 8:48 p.m. and it had a shallow depth of 10 km.
“No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data. This is for information purposes only,” said state seismologists in a bulletin.
Tsunamis are giant waves generated by earthquakes or sometimes volcanic eruptions under the sea.