Overview

• A magnitude 7.4 offshore quake struck near Manay in Davao Oriental, followed hours later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock, according to USGS and Philippine authorities.
• Officials report at least eight fatalities, including three miners killed in a tunnel collapse, plus deaths from a wall collapse, falling debris and cardiac events.
• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ended its alert for the Philippines, Palau and Indonesia, though coastal evacuations were carried out earlier as a precaution.
• The Philippine seismology office has logged hundreds of aftershocks, surpassing 800 by Saturday, with power, communications and hospital operations disrupted in some areas.
• Local governments suspended classes, evacuated patients from a structurally compromised hospital in Manay and launched relief and cleanup as the country continues recovering from the recent Cebu quake.