The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology clarified on Thursday that there is "no tsunami threat" to the Philippines following a strong earthquake that struck the Molucca Sea in Indonesia.

This was after U.S. tsunami warning authorities raised a tsunami alert along the coasts of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

In an official bulletin, PHIVOLCS issued a “No Tsunami Threat” alert after the magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred at 6:48 a.m. on April 2, 2026.

Based on preliminary earthquake parameters, the quake was recorded at a depth of 76 kilometers, with its epicenter located in the Molucca Sea.

PHIVOLCS said that “no destructive tsunami threat exists based on available data.”

According to local media outfit The Mirror, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake had a depth of about 10 kilometers (6.21 miles). It added that the epicenter was approximately 120 kilometers from the city of Ternate in Indonesia’s North Maluku province, which has a population of over 205,000.