JAKARTA, June 8 — Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Monday lifted its tsunami warning, hours after ordering evacuations of northern coastal areas threatened by tsunami waves following a strong earthquake in the Philippines.
Xinhua reported that it said the tsunami warning status ended after observations showed that sea level conditions had returned to normal.
BMKG added that earlier this morning, minor tsunami waves were detected at several coastal monitoring stations in northern Indonesia.
Local media reported that the powerful earthquake in the Philippines has caused panic among residents in some coastal areas of northeastern Indonesia.
Indonesia and the neighbouring Philippines experience frequent earthquakes due to their location in the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'.
