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THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised a tsunami warning in some coastal areas in the country following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that jolted Taiwan on Wednesday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Based on Tsunami Information No. 1 issued at 8:17 a.m., Phivolcs said high tsunami waves are expected in coastal areas fronting the Pacific Ocean between 8:33 a.m. to 10:33 a.m. on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol said coastal areas in the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Ilocos Norte and Isabela may see tsunami waves with a height of 1 to 3 meters.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo far, wala pa kaming nakukuhang feedback but we expect that,\u201d Bacolcol said in a radio interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fishermen and boat owners were advised to take necessary precautions.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cOwners of boats in harbors, estuaries or shallow water of the abovementioned provinces should secure their boats and move away from the waterfront,\u201d the warning added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The agency also said boats already at sea during this period should stay offshore in deep waters until further advised.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reminded the residents near the coastal areas to monitor the situation and stay away from low-lying areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the <\/strong>Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is closely monitoring the situation of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan and assured readiness to provide immediate assistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are about 67,475 OFWs in Taiwan as of December 2023 based on DMW records.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Initial reports showed that four people died in Hualien County and at least 57 were injured in the 8 a.m. Taiwan quake.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The local United Daily News reported three hikers died in rockslides in Taroko National Park near the offshore epicenter.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A five-storey building in Hualien appeared heavily damaged, collapsing its first floor and leaving the rest leaning at a 45-degree angle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised a tsunami warning in some coastal areas in the country following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4806,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4804\/revisions\/4806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}