6.9-Magnitude Quake Hits Islands in Pacific, No Tsunami Threat in PH
Following a 6.9 magnitude quake that hit Santa Cruz Islands, a part of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanonology and Seismology (Phivolcs) alleviated fears of a tsunami threat in the Philippines. “No destructive Pacific-wide threat exists based on the historical and tsunami data,” Phivolcs said in an advisory. … Read more