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A 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 32, collapses buildings and sparks tsunami 10%
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6/7/2026, 5:13:23 PM
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DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 32 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in ruined buildings and sending a 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami into nearby coasts.
Several mostly low-rise buildings collapsed or sustained heavy damages in the hard-hit city of General Santos.
Tsunami damage was reported in at least one southern coastal village.
Smaller waves were measured in Indonesia and Palau and as far away as southern Japan.
More than 100 students in uniforms and a dozen teachers had gathered for a flag-raising ceremony in a coconut tree-ringed grade school compound in the rural town of Malita in Davao Occidental province when the ground shook, turning the first day of school after a two-month summer break into chaos.
“Their excitement on the first day of school turned to trauma,” school principal Rosavel Cachuela told the AP.
“The shaking was very strong and people dashed out of houses into the streets,” Sosmeña said.
At least 12 people remained missing in General Santos, a port city of more than 700,000 people and a regional hub for the tuna export industry.
Search and rescue teams scrambled to find people who may have been trapped in a supermarket, a warehouse, a grade school, and other small buildings that either collapsed or were severely damaged, officials said.
Waves of 1 meter (3 feet) were monitored in the provinces of Sultan Kudarat and Sarangani.
A 1.4-meter (4.6-foot) wave hit at one time in Kiamba town, Bacolcol said.
The quake was also felt in Malaysia’s Sabah state on Borneo island.
Sabah is just a boat ride away from southern Philippines.
An 83-centimeter (2.7-foot) tsunami was measured by a gauge off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, and the PTWC said 30-centimeter (1-foot) waves were measured in Palau.
Waves up to 20 centimeters (7.8 inches) were detected on the remote Japanese island of Chichijima and the central Japanese town of Kushimoto, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The Philippines, one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, is often hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the ocean.
The archipelago is also lashed by about 20 typhoons and tropical storms each year.
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