GENERAL SANTOS: 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 Defense acknowledged several collapsed and heavily damaged buildings must be thoroughly inspected for possible survivors or casualties.

A powerful earthquake shook part of the southern Philippines on Monday, causing at least 35 deaths.

The tremors affected many buildings in General Santos City, Master Sergeant Robert Dagon said, as cited by ABS-CBN

The strongest earthquake to hit the Philippines this year was centered at sea and caused damage in a key coastal city, knocking down power and setting off 1-metre tsunami waves…

Government agencies in the Philippines were scrambling to assess damages and verify casualties n the hours after a major 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

People told to prepare for waves of up to three metres in parts of the Philippines, with smaller waves possible in Indonesia and Malaysia

National disaster authorities said 134 people have sustained injuries; “move to higher ground now. Do not wait,” the president tells people.

The offshore earthquake struck at about 7:37 a.m. local time, with its epicentre located southwest of Maasim town in Sarangani province at a depth of approximately 33 kilometres,…

The quake also triggered a landslide in Sarangani province in the southern Philippines that killed 13 villagers.

A earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 129, collapsing buildings, sparking tsunami…

General Santos city bears burnt as buildings collapse and critical infrastructure sustains damage

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in the southern Philippines on Monday killed at least 31 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and sparking tsunami…

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Most of the deaths occurred in Sarangani province due to a landslide.

The death toll in a powerful 7.8‑magnitude earthquake off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Monday has risen to at least 32 with dozens of people injured, disaster…

At least 32 people were killed, numerous building damaged, and schools and flights were suspended after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sarangani province in the southern…

DAVAO, Philippines — An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people, injuring mo...

General Santos city bears brunt with building collapses and damage to critical infrastructure

A further 134 people have been injured across the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, disaster agency officials say.

MANILA — An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines Monday, killing at least 32 people, according to provincial authorities, after toppling buildings and…

According to the Office of Civil Defense, cited by GMA News, a total of 456 people were injured, and four more are missing