There is no tsunami threat in the Philippines after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Kamchatka in Russia on Sunday afternoon, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) yesterday said there is no tsunami threat to the country, following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck off the eastern coast of Kamchatka,

Five powerful quakes, including one with a magnitude of 7.4, struck in the sea off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.