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Philippines Earthquake Video: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, and a hazardous tsunami was possible nearby. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it was expecting damage and aftershocks from the earthquake, which was centred at sea about 62 kilometres southeast of Manay town in Davao Oriental province and was caused by movement in a fault at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres. Terrifying videos of the moment captured on security camera went viral on social media platforms, where people could be heard screaming out of fear.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu said hazardous waves were possible within 300 kilometres of the epicentre. There was not a wider danger of a tsunami, it said.

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Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat, saying hazardous waves were possible for coasts within 300 km (186 miles) of the earthquake's epicenter.

Rescue team being prepared

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said authorities were assessing the situation on the ground, and said search-and-rescue teams would be deployed when it was safe to do so. "We are working round the clock to ensure that help reaches everyone who needs it," Marcos said in a statement.

Local authorities in the affected region could not immediately be reached. Phivolcs called on people in coastal towns in the central and southern Philippines to immediately evacuate to higher ground or move further inland, saying wave heights of more than one metre above normal tides could be expected.

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said waves of 1 to 3 metres above tide level were possible in the Philippines. The earthquake came two weeks after the Philippines experienced its deadliest quake in more than a decade, with 72 people killed on the island of Cebu. That was a magnitude of 6.9 and also struck offshore. The Philippines sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire" and experiences more than 800 quakes each year.

Tsunami warning for Indonesia

A tsunami warning was issued in Indonesia for its northern Sulawesi and Papua regions, and the PTWC said some coasts in Indonesia and the Pacific island nation of Palau could see waves of up to 1 metre. The governor of Davao Oriental in the Philippines said people panicked when the earthquake struck. "Some buildings were reported to have been damaged," Edwin Jubahib told Philippine broadcaster DZMM. "It was very strong." The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre put the quake's magnitude at 7.4 and its depth at 58 km (36 miles).

(With inputs from agency)