No Tsunami Alert from 6.6-Magnitude Quake in Japan- Philvocs

(PNA) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday said that there is no tsunami threat in the country after a magnitude-6.6 quake struck Japan on Monday.

In its bulletin, Phivolcs said that the strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 occurred at South Western Ryukyu Islands Japan on Monday (April 20) at 9:43 a.m. (Philippine Standard Time) located at 23.9 oN, 122.3 oE with depth of 1 km.

The agency added that no destructive Pacific-wide threat exists based on the historical and tsunami data.

However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometers of the epicenter.

“This is for information purposes only and there is no tsunami threat to the Philippines from this earthquake,” Phivolcs stressed. (PNA) FPV/CLTC