Breaking News: Strong Quake Strikes Near Philippines With 7.9

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just couple of minutes ago...

[color=#000000][font=arial][b](CNN)[/b] -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 has struck off the coast of the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said Friday.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial]The quake was about 20 miles deep, the agency said.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=arial]The quake prompted a tsunami warning for parts of Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Guam and other areas, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.[/font][/color]
[size=5][b][color=#000000][font=arial]"An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant coastlines within hours," the tsunami warning center said.[/font][/color][/b][/size]

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Tsunami warning kooda ichaaranta....

[asha]

[CHANAKYA]

2004 lo vachina tsunami kooda inchu minchi ilaane start ayyi sachinatlundi... [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/2004_Indonesia_Tsunami_Complete.gif[/img]

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Update:

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[b]At 9 p.m., Phivolcs issued a [url="http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/html/update_SOEPD/2012_Tsunami_Bulletins/August/Tsunami_Alert_3%20Pacific%20Template%20-%20Copy.pdf"]tsunami alert level 3[/url] in coastal areas fronting the Pacific Ocean, particularly the provinces of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur.[/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]
[b]Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas announced over microblogging site Twitter that the tsunami warning alert was lifted at 12:10 a.m. Saturday.[/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]
[b]Phivolcs chief Renato Solidum said that thetsunami warning was supposed to have been lifted at 10:47 p.m. or two hours after the earthquake, but they decided to extend it after detecting tsunamis as high as 19 centimeters in Surigao provinces.[/b][/size][/font][/color]