Another earthquake measuring 6.9 magnitude hit southern Philippines on Friday, triggering a fresh tsunami alert hours after an earlier warning. According to authorities, the tremor struck at 7.12 pm, prompting the Philippine seismology office to warn of "life-threatening wave heights" and urge coastal residents to "immediately evacuate to higher grounds or move farther inland". The aftershock, the largest of at least 300 recorded so far, came fewer than 10 hours after the Pacific seaboard of the southern major island of Mindanao was rocked by a 7.4-magnitude temblor, killing at least six people. The quake was caused by movement along a fault at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles). The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said hazardous waves were possible within

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