PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat from Russian quake

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) stated on Sunday that there is no threat of a tsunami following a strong earthquake in Russia.

At 1:38 p.m. (Philippine time), a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Russia's Kuril Islands, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences.

PHIVOLCS issued its Tsunami Information No. 1 at 1:53 p.m., confirming that no destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data.

The United States Geological Survey and the Pacific Tsunami Warning System recorded this earthquake with a magnitude of 7.

Earlier in the week, on July 30, PHIVOLCS had issued a tsunami alert for coastal areas in the eastern part of the Philippines after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula but lifted the alert later that day.