Earthquakes

Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global

5.4 Earthquake hits Fiji.

5.1 Earthquake hits southern Iran.

5.0 Earthquake hits Fiji.

5.0 Earthquake hits the Carlsberg ridge.

5.0 Earthquake hits offshore Guerrero, Mexico.

Tsunami rumour in the Philippines

A Tsunami rumour in Quezon province in the Philippines has claimed life of an elderly woman who died after she had a heart attack on hearing the rumour.

Some 5,000 people also fled their homes after receiving text messages indicating a tsunami was coming from Batangas.

According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), it is impossible to have a tsunami alert at this time in any part of the country as there was no significant earthquake in the past 24 hours.