Tens of Thousands Displaced by Philippine Earthquake
Rescuers searched collapsed buildings as officials said 400 people were injured and thousands of homes, schools and government buildings were damaged.
- A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 41 people and injuring more than 400 in the hard-hit city of General Santos.
- The quake struck shortly before 7:40am Monday, about 20km off the coast of Sarangani province; the Philippines sits on the tectonically complex Pacific 'Ring of Fire,' a seismically active region.
- Rescuers searched rubble in General Santos for survivors, including two still trapped in a collapsed commercial building; about 2,000 houses and 117 government buildings sustained damage across provinces.
- Tsunami warnings triggered across several countries, with waves reaching up to 1.4 meters in the Philippines; officials recorded 23 strong aftershocks, forcing residents into evacuation centers.
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. activated emergency agencies to coordinate response efforts as authorities assessed about 6,000 damaged public school buildings and worked to restore power for hospital treatments.
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Philippines continues rescue effort after powerful Mindanao quake
The Philippines continued rescue operations on 10 June after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Mindanao, killing at least 37 people, injuring nearly 500 and forcing more than 32,000 residents from their homes.
Mindanao quake displaces 32,000 people
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines — Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 32,000.Only four people were considered missing on official records in the southern provinces near where the 7.8 magnitude quake struck Monday morning, but the Office of Civil De…
Massive 7.8 earthquake strikes southern Philippines, killing at least 35 and triggering tsunami
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines on Monday morning, killing at least 35 people, injuring more than 200, and sending tsunami waves crashing into coastal communities across Mindanao, the country’s second most populous island. The quake struck at 7:37 a.m. as children were arriving for their first day of school after a two-month...
The powerful telluric movement destroyed a thousand schools on the island of Mindanao on the first day of the school year. Rescue teams search for the missing while declaring the city of General Santos in a state of calamity.
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