The UAE Embassy in the Philippines has confirmed that no Emiratis were affected by an earthquake in Manila on Saturday.
The embassy tweeted it had been in contact with all Emirati visitors and citizens in the Philippines and there had been no reports of anyone being harmed by the earthquake, which had a registered magnitude of 6.9.
A tweet on the embassy’s Twitter page read: “The Embassy of the State of Manila affirms the safety of all citizens and visitors in the Philippines and that they are all fine.
سفارة الدولة لدى مانيلا تؤكد سلامة جميع المواطنين المقيمين والزائرين في الفلبين، وأنهم جميعاً بخير، من خلال غرفة العمليات لم نتلقى أي اتصال أو تبيلغ عن حادثة للمواطنين بسبب الزلزال وما تبعها من هزات إرتدادية وإنحسار تشكل موجات تسونامي. pic.twitter.com/BCb2sVwcpD
— UAE Embassy - Manila (@UAEinManila) December 29, 2018
“Through the operations room, we have not received any communication or report of an incident to citizens because of the earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks.”
The earthquake struck off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Saturday.
There were no initial reports of casualties or damage, from the earthquake, which the US Geological Survey (USGS) said struck 193 km east of the Philippine city of General Santos, estimated to be at a depth of 60 km.
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