Manila: People in the Philippines have been told to move immediately to higher ground after a 7.5-magnitude offshore earthquake prompted a tsunami warning across the region.

The country’s Phivolcs seismology agency warned of damage and aftershocks from the strong quake, which struck in waters off Manay town in Davao Oriental in the Mindanao region. It revised down the magnitude of the quake from an initial reading of 7.6 to 7.5, and said it struck at a depth of 20 kilometres.

The agency called on people in coastal towns in the central and southern Philippines to immediately evacuate to higher ground or move further inland, saying wave heights of up to more than one metre above normal tides could be expected.

A tsunami warning was also issued in Indonesia for its northern Sulawesi and P

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