Overview

• The USGS recorded a magnitude 7.4 earthquake at 9:43 a.m. local time about 20 kilometers offshore from Manay in Mindanao.
• PHIVOLCS initially warned of a potentially destructive tsunami and urged immediate coastal evacuations.
• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later lifted its tsunami alert for the Philippines, Palau, and Indonesia.
• Authorities report at least three deaths, including a wall collapse in Mati, a reported heart attack, and a fatality in Davao.
• Provincial officials suspended classes and sent nonessential government staff home as outages and damaged infrastructure complicate assessments, following a deadly Cebu quake 11 days earlier.