- By Raju Kumar
- Sat, 11 Oct 2025 07:56 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Earthquake News: A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck the Drake Passage, a body of water located between the southern tip of South America and Antarctica. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami threat has been issued. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles).
5 Dead After Powerful Earthquake Strikes Philippines
The tremors in South America came a day after two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines, hours apart, on Friday. The first one, a 7.4 magnitude quake in the morning, killed at least five people, set off landslides, damaged hospitals and schools and prompted evacuations of coastal areas nearby because of a tsunami warning, which was later lifted.
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According to the authorities, the second tremor had a preliminary 6.9 magnitude. At least five people were killed, including two patients who died of heart attacks at a hospital during the first earthquake and a resident who was hit by debris in Mati city in Davao Oriental.
Friday night's earthquake that hit Manay town in Davao Oriental province was caused by movement in the same fault line, the Philippine Trench, at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles), said Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology chief Teresito Bacolcol.
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It wasn't immediately clear if it was a separate earthquake or an aftershock of the 7.4 magnitude quake. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., facing his latest natural disaster after a recent deadly quake and back-to-back storms, said the potential damage was being assessed, and rescue teams and relief operations were being prepared and would be deployed when it was safe to do so.
The first quake was centred at sea about 43 kilometres (27 miles) east of Manay town in Davao Oriental province and was caused by movement in the Philippine Trench at a depth of 23 kilometres (14 miles).
(With AP inputs)