Philippine earthquake kills three, triggers tsunami
GENERAL SANTOS – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines yesterday, killing at least three people, collapsing buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region. Philippine authorities urged people in affected coastal regions to move to higher ground after the offshore quake hit south of General Santos, a city of about 720 000. A series... The post Philippine earthquake kills three, triggers tsunami appeared first on New Era .
GENERAL SANTOS – A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines yesterday, killing at least three people, collapsing buildings and sparking tsunami warnings across the region.
Philippine authorities urged people in affected coastal regions to move to higher ground after the offshore quake hit south of General Santos, a city of about 720 000.
A series of powerful aftershocks rocked the area from about two hours after the first quake, according to the United States Geological Survey, with the largest measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale.
Videos posted to social media and verified by AFP showed a shopping centre with a Jollibee fast food restaurant reduced to rubble in General Santos City, while a school building that officials said was unoccupied crumpled in another.
“Lord, it has really collapsed! … The building has really collapsed!” someone can be heard shouting as the school structure topples.
