The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has upgraded from 6.7 to 6.9 the magnitude of the earthquake that hit Bogo, Cebu Tuesday, September 30, according to Senior Science Research Specialist Erlinton Olavere. | via Addie Cuadra, ABS-CBN News | ABS-CBN News

A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, damaging buildings and generating a tsunami of up to 4 meters (13 feet) that prompted warnings and evacuations stretching across the Pacific Ocean. Coastal areas in the eastern side of the Philippines fronting the Pacific Ocean are expected to experience tsunami of less than one meter, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology warned on Wednesday morning. PHIVOLCS seismologists said the firs