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| Effect of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake |
The quake
was centered off the east coast, 91 miles off the town of Guiuan in Samar
province at a depth of about 20 miles, USGS said.
The
tsunami warning was issued for the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and
other islands in the Pacific including the U.S. state of Hawaii.
The NOAA
Tsunami Center later lifted a warning for
