Race to find survivors as Philippines quake toll rises to 37
Key takeaways
- The offshore quake inflicted some of the worst damage on General Santos, a city of about 720,000 people in southern Mindanao
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- Two survivors had been pulled from the debris, but a third was found dead, officials said.
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The offshore quake inflicted some of the worst damage on General Santos, a city of about 720,000 people in southern Mindanao
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A woman walks past a collapsed building a day after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake, in General Santos, southern Philippines, on Tuesday [Noel Celis/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP, AP and Reuters Published On 9 Jun 20269 Jun 2026Rescue teams in the Philippines are racing to reach survivors after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the country’s south, killing at least 37 people and injuring 400.
In the hard-hit city of General Santos on the island of Mindanao, rescuers on Tuesday searched the rubble of a collapsed commercial building that housed a grocery store, in search of two people still believed to be trapped inside.