A 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocks the coast of the Philippines, and the US observatory issues an urgent tsunami warning

Written By سنان خلف on 2021/08/11

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

Weather of Arabia - The American Seismological Observatory issued a warning of "tsunami" waves that may be exposed to the coasts of the southern Philippines, in the wake of an earthquake measuring 7.2 degrees on the Richter scale, which hit areas adjacent to the coast of the southern Philippines.

 

 

The earthquake occurred at 1:46 local time, and the epicenter was recorded in a marine area, 150 km southeast of Davao City, which has a population of about 1.6 million people.

 

 

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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