According to the USGS, tsunami waves as high as 1-3 meters are expected to hit Philippines.
New Caledonia is part of the Pacific's "ring of fire", where many earthquakes occur. (Representational Image: iStock)
An massive earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck Mindanao, Philippines, on Saturday, promoting authorities to issue a warning of tsunami. According to the the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the depth of the earthquake is at 63 km.
Soon after the quake, Philippine Seismology Agency PHIVOLCS issued a tsunami warning and said that waves as high as three meters could hit the Philippines by midnight local time.
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A similar warning has been issued in Japan as well and according to international media reports, the Japanese broadcaster NHK said that tsunami waves of up to a metre (3 feet) high were expected to reach the country’s western coast by 1.30 am (local time).
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According to the U.S. Geographic Survey (USGS), the earthquake was measured at magnitude 7.6 and a depth of 32 km (20 miles). It said that tsunami waves of one to three meters high could hit the Philippines.
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