Port Hedland earthquake: ‘No tsunami threat’ after quakes hit Australia, Indonesia and Philippines

Three earthquakes have rocked Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines on Wednesday morning, prompting the Bureau of Meteorology to issue a tsunami warning update.

First, a 5.5 magnitude quake rocked the Talaud Islands, Indonesia at around 3am on Wednesday.

Shortly after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the northern Philippines the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said, as authorities warned of damage and aftershock from the tremor.

Then a 3.6 magnitude quake was measured near Port Hedland in Western Australia just before 8am AEDT (5am AWST).

The Bureau of Meteorology issued a statement on social media on Wednesday morning confirming there is currently there is “No tsunami threat to Australia from (an) earthquake felt in Port Hedland, WA (magnitude 3.6 near Western Australia).

The Philippines quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said.

Philippine seismology agency PHIVOLCS said the quake struck the northern town of Bangui in Ilocos province and warned of aftershocks and damage from the quake.

There were no immediate reports of damage from the tremor.

Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which lies on the “Ring of Fire”, a belt of volcanoes circling the Pacific Ocean that is prone to seismic activity.