Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) announces that there is NO Tsunami threat in the Philippines following the magnitude 7.4 earthquake recorded off Moluccas, Indonesia, Friday at 12:18 a.m.

According to Phivolcs, A major earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurred in Molucca Sea on 2019 November 15 at 12:18 AM (Philippine Standard Time) located at 1.5 °N, 126.4 °E with depth of 062 km. No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data.

Indonesia’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency withdrew a tsunami alert it had issued after the earthquake, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat in the Pacific.

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