No tsunami threat from magnitude 7.5 Drake Passage earthquake — PHIVOLCS

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said Friday there is no tsunami threat to the Philippines after the 7.5 earthquake that struck the Southern Drake Passage.

“No destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data,” PHIVOLCS said in a tsunami information released at 11 a.m.

The earthquake reportedly hit the Drake Passage, the waters between South America's southern tip and Antarctica, at around 10 a.m.

According to PHIVOLCS, it had a depth of 11 kilometers. — Joahna Lei Casilao/RSJ, GMA Integrated News