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6.9-magnitude quake hits Philippines triggering small tsunami

A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday triggering a tsunami warning, with small waves expected to hit southern parts of the country and neighbouring Indonesia.

The quake struck southeast of Davao City at a depth of 59 kilometres (35 miles), the US Geological Survey said, a week after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed more than 400 people in Indonesia.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said "hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible" along the coasts of Indonesia and the Philippines.

However, waves were forecast to be less than 30 cm (12 inches) high, it said, while Philippine monitors warned that "minor sea level disturbances" were to be expected.

(EPA-Yonhap)

"People are advised to stay away from the beach and not to go to the coast fronting the Philippine Sea," for about two hours, the Philippines' government seismology office said in its tsunami warning.

It said cities in the south of the country felt "moderately strong" shaking but civil defence offices in the affected areas said they had no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake.

According to the USGS, there was a low likelihood of casualties and damage, although it warned recent earthquakes in the area had caused landslides.

The Philippines and Indonesia lie on the so-called Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.

The most recent major quake disaster to strike the Philippines was in 2013 when a 7.1-magnitude quake left more than 220 people dead and destroyed historic churches in the central islands.

Indonesia has been hit by two major tsunamis this year. More than 400 people were killed last weekend after an erupting volcano triggered a deadly wave that struck the coastlines of western Java island and south Sumatra.

A quake-tsunami in September killed around 2,200 people in Palu on Sulawesi island, with thousands more missing and presumed dead. (AFP)

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trigger 영어
발음미국/영국 [trígər]
뜻① (총포의) 방아쇠 ② (기계의) 제동 장치 ③ (비격식) 청부 살인자 ④ 일으키다 더보기
숙어
pull[squeeze] the trigger at[on] …을 향하여 방아쇠를 당기다; …에 대하여 행동을 개시하다.

trigger a rebellion 반란을 일으키다.

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hazardous 영어
발음미국/영국 [hǽzərdəs]
뜻① 위험한 ② 모험적인 ③ 위태로운

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seismology 영어
발음미국 [saizmάlədʒi]
뜻 지진학

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landslide 영어
발음미국/영국 [læˈndslaiˌd]
뜻① 산사태 ② (선거의) 압도적 승리 ③ 사태를 일으키다 ④ 큰 차로 선거에 이기다

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Ring of Fire
환태평양 지진대

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historic 영어
발음미국 [histɔ́ːrik, histάrik]
뜻① 역사적인 ② 사 더보기
숙어
a historic[an historic [ən istɔ́rik] spot[site] 사적(史蹟)

a historic battlefield 전적지

historical 영어
발음미국 [histɔ́ːrikəl, histάrikəl]
뜻① 역사의 ② 전통적인 더보기
숙어
historical background 역사적 배경.

a[an] historical novel[evidence] 역사 소설[적 사실](※a historic novel은 「획기적인 소설」)

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presume 영어
발음미국 [prizúːm]
뜻① 추정하다 ② 가정하다 ③ 추측하다 더보기
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It is presumed that he was drunk.[＝He is presumed to have been drunk.] 그는 취해 있었다고 생각된다.

I will not presume to give an opinion. 감히 의견을 말하지 않겠습니다