(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck some 63 km east of Pondaguitan in the Philippines, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and the U.S. Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning.

       The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said that damage and aftershocks were expected, according to CNN.

       The quake was at a depth of 65.6 km, USGS said.

       The U.S. National Weather Service said there was no risk of a tsunami for the U.S. West Coast from the earthquake. Hawaii Emergency Management said Hawaii faced no tsunami threat.

       (Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath and Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Timothy Heritage)