An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 has struck Mindanao in the Philippines, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, at a depth of 63 km (39 miles), and tsunamis were expected to hit the Philippines and Japan shortly. The Philippine Seismology Agency (Phivolcs) said tsunami waves could hit the Philippines by midnight local time (1600 GMT) and could continue for hours. The Japanese broadcaster NHK said tsunami waves of up to a metre (3 feet) high were expected to reach Japan’s western coast a little later, by 1.30am on Sunday (16.30 GMT on Saturday). The US Geographic Survey estimated the earthquake at magnitude 7.6 and a depth of 32 km (20 miles), and said it had struck at 10.37pm (14.37 GMT).
USGS is reporting this as a 7.7-7.5 magnitude earthquake, Filipino siesmological agency is reporting it as 6.9 magnitude.