A powerful magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least two people dead and triggering regional tsunami warnings that were later lifted.

The quake hit about 20 kilometres (12 miles) off Manay in the Mindanao region at 9:43 am (0143 GMT), according to the United States Geological Survey.

One person was killed when a wall collapsed in Mati city, near the epicentre, police said.

The quake also caused a local man to have a fatal heart attack, the city disaster office told AFP.

Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning and ordered evacuations of coastal communities on the eastern seaboard deemed at risk from waves of up to three metres (10 feet) high, but only a 32-centimetre (1-foot) wave was observed and the alert was later lifted.

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