9 Mindanao provinces under tsunami warning after M7 earthquake
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A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Sarangani province in the southern Philippines on Monday morning, causing multiple deaths and significant structural damage including collapsed buildings across General Santos City and Mindanao. The powerful tremor triggered tsunami warnings throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, prompting authorities to order coastal evacuations as rescue efforts began.
KORONADAL CITY — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) on Monday issued a tsunami warning for nine provinces in Mindanao following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck at 7:37 a.m.
Phivolcs urged residents in coastal communities of Sarangani, Davao Occidental, Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, Basilan, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Sultan Kudarat, and South Cotabato ...