No tsunami threat from magnitude 6.5 Alaska quake

There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines following the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Alaska early Thursday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).

In its advisory, PHIVOLCS said the earthquake hit Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands in Alaska at 1:55 a.m.

The agency reported a depth of 42 km.

"No tsunami threat to the Philippines," the advisory said. —LDF, GMA Integrated News