Earthquake of magnitude 8.2 strikes Mindanao, Philippines, GFZ says

June 8 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck Mindanao in the Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said.

GFZ earlier pegged the earthquake at 7.3. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami threat to the earthquake.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Tom Hogue)


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