Major quake hits sea area east of Philippines

Manila: A major 7.9 earthquake hit the sea area east of the Philippines on Friday and a tsunami warning was issued for the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and Japan, US seismologists said.

The US Geological Survey said the quake had a depth of 33 kilometres and hit at 8:47 pm (1247 GMT) some 139 kilometres east of the city of Sulangan.