Tsunami alert up over 19 Philippine provinces after Japan quake

UPDATED 3:00 p.m. - State seismologists raised a tsunami alert over at least 19 areas in the Philippines on Friday afternoon after a magnitude-8.9 quake hit Japan, the biggest to hit that country in seven years.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised Tsunami Alert Level 1, meaning a tsunami caused by the Japan quake may reach the Philippines.

Phivolcs director Renato Solidum Jr. said in an interview on dzBB radio the areas in the eastern coastline include:

  1. Batanes Island
  2. Cagayan
  3. Ilocos Norte
  4. Isabela
  5. Quezon
  6. Aurora
  7. Camarines Norte
  8. Camarines Sur
  9. Albay
  10. Catanduanes
  11. Sorsogon
  12. Northern Samar
  13. Eastern Samar
  14. Leyte
  15. Northern Leyte
  16. Surigao del Norte
  17. Surigao del Sur
  18. Davao Oriental
  19. Davao del Sur

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