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Children queue for free food from a relief program, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in a slum area in Manila, Philippines. - Reuters
MANILA, Jan 22 (Reuters): A tsunami was not expected after an earthquake measured at magnitude 7.0 was detected at sea near the Philippines late on Thursday (Jan 21), the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.
The quake occurred at a depth of 98.5 km, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) pegged the quake at a magnitude of 7.1 with a depth of about 114 km, after having initially reported magnitudes of 7.2 and 6.8.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Friday 2,178 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the South-East Asian country to 509,887.