magnitude 7.8 occurred on Monday morning in the Mindanao region, in the southern .
A very strong earthquake centered in the sea area south of the Philippine island coast has killed at least five people and injured four others, as buildings collapsed in the archipelago, according to the first police report.
Another video captures the Jollibee building collapse in General Santos, Philippines following powerful earthquake. No word on casualties.
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The tremor was initially measured at 8.1 on the Richter scale on Monday morning local time in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines.
The epicenter was located in the Mindanao region, in the southern part of the Philippine archipelago. The epicenter was about 56 kilometers south of the city of General Santos, one of the largest cities in the region with a population of about 679,000.
“A number of buildings collapsed. Some houses were reduced to rubble,” said Robert Duggan, a police officer in General Santos City, a large city in Mindanao.
NEW VIDEO: Building collapses in General Santos, Philippines following powerful earthquake.
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It was recorded in a sea area south of the city of General Santos and was felt over a large radius. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter scale at a depth of about 35 kilometers.
Tsunami warning
According to the data of the geodynamic institutes, the earthquake occurred at 07:37 on Monday morning local time (02:37 Greek time) and a tsunami warning was issued.
The Early Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said a tsunami was likely to occur “within the next three hours” and hit the coasts of the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and even Japan.
