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Southern Philippines hit by 7.8-magnitude earthquake
Key takeaways
- Offshore quake rocks Mindanao, killing at least 35 and injuring over 200.
- The quake on Monday is the strongest to hit the country this year, according to Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
- Several low-rise buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damage in the hard-hit city of General Santos.
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Offshore quake rocks Mindanao, killing at least 35 and injuring over 200.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Rescue workers conduct an operation at a collapsed building in General Santos City, the Philippines [Ferdinandh Cabrera/AFP]By AFP, AP and EPAPublished On 8 Jun 20268 Jun 2026An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 has struck the southern Philippines, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 200.
The quake on Monday is the strongest to hit the country this year, according to Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
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