(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck Philippines’ Mindanao region on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 58 km (36.04 miles), EMSC said.
The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat, saying hazardous tsunami waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km (186 miles) of the earthquake’s epicenter.
EMSC had earlier pegged the magnitude at 7.2.
(Reporting by Ananya Palyekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Himani Sarkar)
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