No tsunami threat in PH after magnitude 7 quake hit New Zealand

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MANILA, Philippines — No alerts for a tsunami threat were raised in the country after a magnitude 7 earthquake hit New Zealand, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Tuesday.

“No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data,” said Phivolcs in an advisory.

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According to Phivolcs, the earthquake in New Zealand occurred at around 9:43 a.m.

It had a depth of only 10 kilometers.

The quake’s epicenter was located southeast off the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.