Two dead, tsunami warning lifted after 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Philippines: Live

Davao Oriental provincial governor Nelson Dayanghirang Sr. told ABS-CBN news channel that about 250 patients were evacuated from the damaged hospital and will be temporarily housed in tents.

The office of Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said several buildings in Davao City, including an international airport, suffered cracks in the walls, but it remained operational without any flights being cancelled.

• A magnitude-7.4 offshore earthquake struck Manay town in Davao Oriental this morning, killing at least two people in nearby Mati town, according to disaster officials.
• A tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas within 300 km of the epicenter, but the warning was later lifted for both the Philippines and Indonesia.
• Officials reported damage to homes, churches, bridges and roads, some of which became impassable. Officials have warned of strong aftershocks up to 6.4 magnitude.
• President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said search and rescue teams were being mobilized once the situation was safe, adding that the government was “working around the clock” to reach affected communities.
• Videos from Davao City and Manay showed people running from buildings, vehicles swaying and metal doors rattling during the 40-second quake.
• The shock came two weeks after the country’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade, a 6.9-magnitude quake that hit Cebu that killed at least 74 people.

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Special Rescue Force (SRF) is responding to a chemical leak that occurred on the sixth floor of San Pedro College in Davao City during the earthquake.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have deployed disaster response teams to the Davao region after an earthquake struck off the coast of Manay, Davao Oriental, the Inquirer of the Philippines reported.

“President Marcos Jr. ordered us to help our countrymen affected by the earthquake in Davao. So immediately, our troops deployed,” AFP chief Gen. Romeo Browder Jr. told reporters at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

a powerful offshore Earthquake hit the southern philippines On Friday morning, a tsunami warning was issued for parts of Southeast Asia And at least two people died, officials said.

A magnitude 7.4 quake struck at a depth of about 23 km in waters off the town of Manay in Davao Oriental province at 9.43 a.m. local time (01.43 GMT), according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea this morning.

The US Geological Survey said it was centered in the Bismarck Sea, 414 kilometers (257 miles) northeast of Lae, the South Pacific island nation’s second-most populous city.

Indonesia has lifted a tsunami warning for its North Sulawesi and Papua regions that was issued after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines, its geophysics agency said.

The office of Civil Defense Deputy Administrator Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV said several buildings in Davao City, including an international airport, suffered cracks in the walls, but it remained operational without any flights being cancelled.

Davao Oriental provincial governor Nelson Dayanghirang Sr. told ABS-CBN news channel that about 250 patients were evacuated from the damaged hospital and will be temporarily housed in tents.