News agencies are reporting that a strong earthquake struck the Philippines today:
(Reuters) – An earthquake of 7.9 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday and a tsunami warning has been issued for the region, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
The quake was centered off the east coast, 91 miles off the town of Guiuan in Samar province at a depth of about 20 miles, USGS said.
The tsunami warning was issued for the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and other islands in the Pacific including the U.S. state of Hawaii.
CRS is monitoring the situation. Please keep the people of the Philippines in your prayers.
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My wife lives near Manila, Philippines and is from Palo, Leyte which was very near to the earthquake…I would only request that if there are anymore typhoon,earthquake or volcano watches or warnings, that you would please email me and let me know….I would truly appreciate it…Thank you so much and God bless you.
Sincerely,
Paul Bechtel
peb4au@yahoo.com
Paul,
We’ll do our best to remember to email you if future emergencies arise in the Philippines.
All the best,
The CRS staff