PHIVOLCS cancels sea-level change warning after Mexico earthquake

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has cancelled its sea-level change monitoring following the magnitude-8.4 earthquake that hit off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico.

In an advisory issued on Thursday at 3:29 p.m., the state seismologists said that there is "no destructive threat to the Philippines associated with this event."

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No evacuation order was recommended, PHIVOLCS said.

It also advised coastal communities fronting the Pacific Ocean to "wait and listen for updates" as they monitor sea-level changes along the Pacific.

The earthquake that struck off Mexico's southern coast (Thursday US time) was said to be the strongest earthquake to hit the country since a devastating 1985 tremor that toppled buildings and killed thousands.

Two people were reportedly crushed to death in Chiapas after buildings collapsed. —NB/KVD, GMA News